- Patent Title: Analog-to-digital conversion circuit using comparator and counter, photoelectric conversion apparatus using comparator and counter, and photoelectric conversion system using comparator and counter
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Application No.: US17516010Application Date: 2021-11-01
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Publication No.: US11627269B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Kohichi Nakamura , Hiroaki Kameyama , Koichiro Iwata , Yu Arishima
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JPJP2020-184492 20201104
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378 ; H03M1/00 ; H03M1/56 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/82 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes a comparator circuit configured to perform processing of comparison between an analog signal and a ramp signal, and a counter configured to perform count processing in parallel with the comparison processing by the comparator circuit. The analog-to-digital conversion circuit acquires digital data, which is a count value corresponding to the comparison processing, and subjects the analog signal to analog-to-digital conversion. A period from the start to the end of the analog-to-digital conversion of the one analog signal includes a first period and a second period following the first period. The first and the second periods are switched based on an output of the counter. The count processing is performed at a high speed during the first period and performed at a low speed during the second period.
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