Invention Grant
US08339490B2 Imaging device and camera with a local voltage supply circuit having a constant load current
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成像设备和具有恒定负载电流的本地电压电路的相机
- Patent Title: Imaging device and camera with a local voltage supply circuit having a constant load current
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备和具有恒定负载电流的本地电压电路的相机
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Application No.: US12039092Application Date: 2008-02-28
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Publication No.: US08339490B2Publication Date: 2012-12-25
- Inventor: Hayato Wakabayashi , Yoshiaki Inada
- Applicant: Hayato Wakabayashi , Yoshiaki Inada
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: SNR Denton US LLP
- Priority: JP2007-051303 20070301
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N9/083 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
An imaging device is disclosed. The device includes: a unit pixel that outputs an analog electric signal in accordance with a signal charge; a local voltage supply circuit that generates a local voltage different from an operation voltage; a reference signal generation section that generates a reference signal based on the local voltage provided by the local voltage supply circuit; and a processing section that converts, by referring to the reference signal generated by the reference signal generation section, the analog signal provided by the unit pixel into a digital signal. In the imaging device, the reference signal generation section keeps constant a load current of the local voltage supply circuit in an operating state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080211951A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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