Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor element and electronic device
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Application No.: US16971587Application Date: 2019-02-13
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Publication No.: US11381764B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- 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: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-033621 20180227
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/004933 WO 20190213
- International Announcement: WO2019/167608 WO 20190906
- Main IPC: H04N5/357
- IPC: H04N5/357 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a sensor element and an electronic device that can further reduce noise.
In a solid-state imaging apparatus that performs AD conversion in a pixel, a comparator circuit included in the pixel at least has: a comparing unit that compares a pixel signal output from a pixel circuit with a reference signal which is a slope signal whose level monotonously decreases with time; a band limiting unit that performs band limiting by narrowing a band of a signal that changes according to a result of comparison by the comparing unit; and an amplification unit that amplifies the signal whose band has been limited through the band limiting unit. The present technology can be applied to a solid-state imaging apparatus that performs AD conversion in a pixel, for example.
In a solid-state imaging apparatus that performs AD conversion in a pixel, a comparator circuit included in the pixel at least has: a comparing unit that compares a pixel signal output from a pixel circuit with a reference signal which is a slope signal whose level monotonously decreases with time; a band limiting unit that performs band limiting by narrowing a band of a signal that changes according to a result of comparison by the comparing unit; and an amplification unit that amplifies the signal whose band has been limited through the band limiting unit. The present technology can be applied to a solid-state imaging apparatus that performs AD conversion in a pixel, for example.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210092313A1 SENSOR ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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