Invention Grant
- Patent Title: A/D converter unit for image sensor
- Patent Title (中): 用于图像传感器的A / D转换器单元
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Application No.: US12846089Application Date: 2010-07-29
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Publication No.: US08358361B2Publication Date: 2013-01-22
- Inventor: Jun Hasegawa
- Applicant: Jun Hasegawa
- Applicant Address: JP Ichinoseki, Iwate
- Assignee: Curious Corporation
- Current Assignee: Curious Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ichinoseki, Iwate
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-180542 20090803
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
A high-speed, high-resolution column A/D converter having a noise reduction function to eliminate a fixed pattern noise etc. is provided with a small circuit scale. Each column A/D converter includes a dual-output D/A converter for selecting two reference voltages from among a reference voltage group supplied in common to each column A/D converter, so as to output the two reference voltages to sandwich each sensor signal voltage input to each column A/D converter, along with a charge-redistribution D/A converter having a full scale determined by the above two reference voltages. Thus, the high-speed, high-resolution column A/D converter is achieved with a small circuit scale. Further, by the utilization of high-speed conversion capability, noise reduction is performed through digital calculation after the A/D conversion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110025895A1 A/D CONVERTER UNIT FOR IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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