Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device
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Application No.: US15797085Application Date: 2017-10-30
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Publication No.: US10257457B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Osamu Matsumoto , Fukashi Morishita
- Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Koutou-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Koutou-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2016-231717 20161129
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/76 ; H03M1/68 ; H03M1/46 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
Provided is a solid-state imaging device capable of increasing the speed of an A/D converter. The solid-state imaging device includes a successive approximation A/D converter that performs A/D conversion on an analog pixel signal. The successive approximation A/D converter includes a D/A converter, a comparator, and a successive approximation register. The D/A converter converts a digital reference signal to an analog reference signal. The successive approximation register operates based on the result of comparison by the comparator to generate the digital reference signal in such a manner that the analog reference signal approximates the analog pixel signal. The D/A converter includes a split capacitor, first capacitors, second capacitors, a switch array, a third capacitor, and a multiplexer. The first capacitors each have a first electrode coupled to the output node. The second capacitors are coupled to a second electrode of the split capacitor. The switch array is coupled to a second electrode of each of the first and second capacitors and is adapted to generate the analog reference signal at the output node by selectively applying a first reference voltage. The third capacitor is coupled to the second electrode of the split capacitor. The multiplexer is coupled to a second electrode of the third capacitor and is adapted to generate the analog reference signal at the output node by selectively applying a second reference voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180152656A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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