Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, and camera system using same
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Application No.: US16491555Application Date: 2018-02-27
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Publication No.: US10778921B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Yutaka Abe , Kazuko Nishimura , Hiroshi Fujinaka , Masahiro Higuchi , Dai Ichiryu
- Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/007106 WO 20180227
- International Announcement: WO2018/163895 WO 20180913
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/38 ; H03M1/56 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes an A/D converter per column. The A/D converter performs a first A/D conversion that (i) refines, using a first comparator, a range including a potential of an analog signal to a range of a potential corresponding to a difference between a first potential and a second potential through a binary search, and further (ii) generates, based on a result of the binary search, a first digital signal being a high-order portion of a digital signal. The A/D converter also performs a second A/D conversion that generates, based on a ramp signal and the result of the binary search, a second digital signal being a low-order portion of a remainder of the digital signal, by measuring a time necessary for an output of a second comparator to be inverted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200036931A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM USING SAME Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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