Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, AD-converter circuit and current compensation circuit
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Application No.: US17540925Application Date: 2021-12-02
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Publication No.: US11528441B2Publication Date: 2022-12-13
- Inventor: Fukashi Morishita
- Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-215940 20201224
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/06 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique for reducing the variation of a bias voltage.
An analog-to-digital converter comprises a comparator including a first amplifier and a second amplifier inputted one output of the first amplifier. The first amplifier is a differential type of amplifier, and includes one input terminal for receiving a signal and the other input terminal for receiving a reference signal which changes with a predetermined slope. The second amplifier is a single-ended type amplifier, and determines an auto zero voltage based on the amplified voltage by an auto zero operation of the first amplifier and includes a self-bias circuit using the auto zero voltage as a bias voltage. The comparator is plural, the comparators are plurality which arranged in a row direction, and outputs a digital value based on an analog voltage inputted to the other input terminal in parallel operation.
An analog-to-digital converter comprises a comparator including a first amplifier and a second amplifier inputted one output of the first amplifier. The first amplifier is a differential type of amplifier, and includes one input terminal for receiving a signal and the other input terminal for receiving a reference signal which changes with a predetermined slope. The second amplifier is a single-ended type amplifier, and determines an auto zero voltage based on the amplified voltage by an auto zero operation of the first amplifier and includes a self-bias circuit using the auto zero voltage as a bias voltage. The comparator is plural, the comparators are plurality which arranged in a row direction, and outputs a digital value based on an analog voltage inputted to the other input terminal in parallel operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220210364A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AD-CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND CURRENT COMPENSATION CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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