Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor, electronic apparatus, and control method of solid-state image sensor
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Application No.: US15738614Application Date: 2017-02-27
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Publication No.: US10477125B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Mamoru Sato , Akihiko Kato
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: JP2016-081956 20160415
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/007397 WO 20170227
- International Announcement: WO2017/179319 WO 20171019
- Main IPC: H04N5/359
- IPC: H04N5/359 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/351 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
To prevent the black dot phenomenon from occurring in a differential amplification-type solid-state image sensor. A signal-side amplifier transistor generates an output voltage corresponding to a signal current corresponding to one of a pair of differential input voltages by supplying the signal current from an output node to a common-phase node. A reference-side amplifier transistor supplies a reference current corresponding to the other one of the pair of differential input voltages to the common-phase node. A constant current source constantly controls a sum of the signal current and the reference current to be merged at the common-phase node. A bypass control unit connects the output node and the common-phase node and supplies the signal current having a value corresponding to a predetermined limit voltage to the common-phase node in a case in which the output voltage reaches the limit voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180184023A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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