Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Amplification circuit, imaging device, and control method of amplification circuit
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Application No.: US16971997Application Date: 2018-12-04
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Publication No.: US11283417B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Shinichi Watanabe , Takehiro Otani
- 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: JPJP2018-038161 20180305
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/044525 WO 20181204
- International Announcement: WO2019/171686 WO 20190912
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/363 ; H03F3/08 ; H03F3/16 ; H03M1/74 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A decline in image quality that is caused by a variation of a gain in an amplification circuit is suppressed.
The amplification circuit includes an amplification transistor, a cascode transistor, and a control circuit. The amplification transistor amplifies an input signal. The cascode transistor is configured to, in a case where a drain-source voltage between a drain and a source is higher than a predetermined voltage, supply a substantially-constant drain current to a reference potential line with a predetermined reference potential via the amplification transistor. Further, the control circuit is configured to, in a case where an initialization instruction is issued, control the drain-source voltage to be a value higher than the predetermined voltage.
The amplification circuit includes an amplification transistor, a cascode transistor, and a control circuit. The amplification transistor amplifies an input signal. The cascode transistor is configured to, in a case where a drain-source voltage between a drain and a source is higher than a predetermined voltage, supply a substantially-constant drain current to a reference potential line with a predetermined reference potential via the amplification transistor. Further, the control circuit is configured to, in a case where an initialization instruction is issued, control the drain-source voltage to be a value higher than the predetermined voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210006212A1 AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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