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US08354630B2 A/D converter circuit and solid-state imaging device having series-connected capacitative elements with plural input circuits
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A / D转换器电路和具有多个输入电路的具有串联电容元件的固态成像装置
- Patent Title: A/D converter circuit and solid-state imaging device having series-connected capacitative elements with plural input circuits
- Patent Title (中): A / D转换器电路和具有多个输入电路的具有串联电容元件的固态成像装置
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Application No.: US12865604Application Date: 2009-01-30
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Publication No.: US08354630B2Publication Date: 2013-01-15
- Inventor: Kozo Hoshino
- Applicant: Kozo Hoshino
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent David G. Conlin; Stephen D. LeBarron
- Priority: JP2008-027689 20080207
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/051534 WO 20090130
- International Announcement: WO2009/099003 WO 20090813
- Main IPC: H01J40/14
- IPC: H01J40/14

Abstract:
Provided are a solid-state imaging device and A/D converter circuit comprising: series-connected capacitative elements; a voltage comparator circuit comparing the output of the capacitative element C1 with a threshold voltage; a first input circuit inputting an analog voltage signal to the node between the capacitative elements C1 and C2; a second input circuit inputting a first reference voltage, monotonously changing in a first conversion process for finding the upper-order bit value, to the node between the capacitative elements C2 and C3; a third input circuit inputting a second reference voltage, monotonously changing in a second conversion process for finding an unconverted bit value after the first conversion process, to the input terminal of the capacitative element C3; and a control circuit generating a control signal to hold the first reference voltage in the capacitative element C3 when the output of the voltage comparator circuit changes in the first conversion process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110001039A1 A/D CONVERTER CIRCUIT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-01-06
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