Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and analog-to-digital converter
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Application No.: US17364187Application Date: 2021-06-30
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Publication No.: US11743617B2Publication Date: 2023-08-29
- Inventor: Hoo Chan Lee , Min Seok Shin , Sung Uk Seo , Jeong Eun Song
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: IP & T GROUP LLP
- Priority: KR 20210017664 2021.02.08
- Main IPC: H04N25/75
- IPC: H04N25/75 ; H03M1/56 ; H04N25/778 ; G01S17/894

Abstract:
An image sensor includes: a pixel of a first tab; a pixel of a second tab; an operation amplifier suitable for comparing, in a comparison operation, a pixel signal of the first tab and a pixel signal of the second tab with each other to produce a comparison result, receiving, in an auto-zeroing operation, a ramp voltage and a selected pixel signal which is selected based on the comparison result between the pixel signal of the first tab and the pixel signal of the second tab, and receiving, in an analog-to-digital conversion operation, the ramp voltage and an unselected pixel signal which is not selected from the pixel signal of the first tab and the second pixel signal of the second tab; and a counter circuit suitable for generating a digital code based on an output of the operation amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220256107A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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