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- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device and imaging system
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Application No.: US15930152Application Date: 2020-05-12
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Publication No.: US11115611B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Yosuke Higashi , Norihiko Sumitani
- Applicant: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS 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 and Emery LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-229407 20171129
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/56 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes a first converter which converts an analog signal representing a pixel value to an upper bit of a digital signal, and a second converter which converts the analog signal to a lower bit of the digital signal. The second converter includes a first latch circuit which latches, as phase information, a plurality of clock signals having different phases upon conversion to the upper bit in the first converter, a conversion circuit which generates the lower bit of the digital signal by converting the phase information to a binary value, and an adder, and a second latch circuit which latches an addition result of the adder. The adder adds the binary value converted by the conversion circuit and a value latched by the second latch circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200275045A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-08-27
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