Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, method of controlling the solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus to generate high dynamic range image
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Application No.: US16632430Application Date: 2018-07-06
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Publication No.: US11218658B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Koji Enoki
- 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: JPJP2017-141536 20170721
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/025656 WO 20180706
- International Announcement: WO2019/017217 WO 20190124
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
Provided is a solid-state imaging device that includes a high sensitivity floating diffusion (FD) and a low sensitivity FD that hold a charge generated in a photodiode PD of a pixel, an FD coupling transistor that turns on and off coupling of the high sensitivity FD and the low sensitivity FD, and a saturation sensing circuit that performs a control that couples the high sensitivity FD and the low sensitivity FD, when a voltage of a pixel signal outputted from the pixel matches a voltage of a ramp signal. A level of the ramp signal varies in accordance with elapsed time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200213549A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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