Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparison device and CMOS image sensor using the same
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Application No.: US15293439Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US10257451B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Gun-Hee Yun , Hyun-Mook Park
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: IP & T Group LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0036954 20160328
- Main IPC: H04N5/357
- IPC: H04N5/357 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
Provided are a comparison device capable of achieving a small area by using one small sampling capacitor for an input terminal and improving linearity by using a fixed reference voltage and a CMOS image sensor using the same. The comparison device may include a comparator configured to compare a pixel signal inputted through a positive input terminal with a ramp signal, a first sampling capacitor configured to be provided between an input terminal of the ramp signal and the positive input terminal of the comparator, a sampling switch configured to be provided between an output terminal of the comparator and a negative input terminal of the comparator, and a second sampling capacitor configured to be provided between a ground terminal and the negative input terminal of the comparator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170280077A1 COMPARISON DEVICE AND CMOS IMAGE SENSOR USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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