Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor, imaging apparatus, and method for controlling solid-state image sensor
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Application No.: US16962465Application Date: 2019-04-15
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Publication No.: US11076148B2Publication Date: 2021-07-27
- Inventor: Masaki Sakakibara
- Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JPJP2018-105731 20180601
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/016119 WO 20190415
- International Announcement: WO2019/230217 WO 20191205
- Main IPC: H04N17/00
- IPC: H04N17/00 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
In a solid-state image sensor in which an arbiter arbitrates a request, a failure point is identified. A plurality of pixels generates a request for requesting transmission of a predetermined detection signal, in a case where a predetermined event is detected. A test circuit outputs the request of each of the plurality of pixels as an output request in a case where a test is not instructed, and generates a plurality of new requests and outputs each as the output request in a case where the test is instructed. The arbiter arbitrates the output request. A communication circuit transmits the detection signal on the basis of an arbitration result of the arbiter. A failure determination unit determines whether or not the arbiter has a failure on the basis of the detection signal in a case where the test is instructed.
Public/Granted literature
- US11044465B2 Solid-state image sensor, imaging apparatus, and method for controlling solid-state image sensor Public/Granted day:2021-06-22
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