Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the same, and camera
- Patent Title (中): 固态成像装置,驱动方法和相机
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Application No.: US11680778Application Date: 2007-03-01
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Publication No.: US08111312B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Hiroki Sato
- Applicant: Hiroki Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: SNR Denton US LLP
- Priority: JPP2006-059857 20060306
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/66

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix; a sequential scanning device that selects each row of pixels; and an analog-to-digital conversion unit having a first analog-to-digital converter that is connected to a vertical signal line to which a pixel signal is supplied from the pixel and performs a first bit-length analog-to-digital conversion on an output signal from the vertical signal line or a pixel output signal obtained by sampling the output signal, and a second analog-to-digital converter that, when the first analog-to-digital converter completes the conversion operation, subtracts an analog signal corresponding to the first bit-length from the pixel output signal and then performs a second bit-length analog-to-digital conversion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070279506A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2007-12-06
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