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- Patent Title: Analog to digital converter, solid-state imaging element, and control method of analog to digital converter
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Application No.: US16630756Application Date: 2018-06-04
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Publication No.: US11265503B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Yoshihito Nagawa
- 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: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-140574 20170720
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/021310 WO 20180604
- International Announcement: WO2019/017092 WO 20190124
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03F3/45 ; H03M1/08 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
A differential amplifier circuit amplifies a difference between an input analog signal and a ramp signal which changes over time and outputs a difference signal. An amplifying element amplifies the difference signal and outputs the same as an amplified signal. A time measuring unit measures a length of a conversion period until a level of the analog signal substantially coincides with a level of the ramp signal on the basis of a level of the amplified signal and outputs the same as a digital signal obtained by converting the analog signal. One end of a capacitor is connected to one of an input terminal and a predetermined connection terminal of the amplifying element. A switch connects the other end of the capacitor to the other of the input terminal or the predetermined connection terminal in the conversion period, and disconnects the other end outside the conversion period.
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