Invention Grant
- Patent Title: A/D converter, solid-state imaging device and camera system
- Patent Title (中): A / D转换器,固态成像装置和相机系统
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Application No.: US12659799Application Date: 2010-03-22
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Publication No.: US08358349B2Publication Date: 2013-01-22
- Inventor: Takafumi Nishi
- Applicant: Takafumi Nishi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rader Fishman & Grauer, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-100604 20090417
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/335 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
An A/D converter includes: plural comparators to which reference voltages as ramp waves different from each other are supplied, which are configured to compare the supplied reference voltages with an analog input signal; and plural latches arranged so as to correspond to the plural comparators, which are configured to count comparison time of the corresponding comparators, to stop counting when an outputs of the comparator is inverted and to store the count value, wherein the plural reference voltages are offset by an arbitrary voltage at the same time point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100265374A1 A/D converter, solid-state imaging device and camera system Public/Granted day:2010-10-21
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