Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US16318164Application Date: 2017-06-09
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Publication No.: US10707264B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Tatsuki Nishino , Yosuke Ueno , Yusuke Moriyama , Shizunori Matsumoto
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4cb362e3
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/021441 WO 20170609
- International Announcement: WO2018/020858 WO 20180201
- Main IPC: H01L27/148
- IPC: H01L27/148 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/372 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
To prevent a decline in image quality by reducing a fluctuation in an image signal that is based on a fluctuation in a voltage of a negative voltage power source.An image signal output unit is controlled in accordance with a first control signal indicating either voltage state of an on voltage for causing a conductive state and an off voltage having a polarity different from that of the on voltage, and outputs an analog image signal corresponding to the electric charge held by an electric charge holding unit in the conductive state. A reset unit is controlled in accordance with a second control signal indicating either voltage state of the on voltage and the off voltage, resets the electric charge holding unit in the conductive state, transmits a fluctuation in the off voltage to the electric charge holding unit, and fluctuates the analog image signal. A reference signal generation unit generates a reference signal being a signal serving as a reference used when conversion from an analog image signal output from the image signal output unit into a digital image signal is performed. A reference signal correction unit corrects the generated reference signal in accordance with the fluctuation in the off voltage. An analog-to-digital conversion unit performs the conversion on the basis of the corrected reference signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190288029A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-09-19
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