Invention Grant
US08427551B2 Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and ad conversion gain adjusting method
有权
固态成像装置,成像装置和广告转换增益调整方法
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and ad conversion gain adjusting method
- Patent Title (中): 固态成像装置,成像装置和广告转换增益调整方法
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Application No.: US12570701Application Date: 2009-09-30
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Publication No.: US08427551B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Atsushi Suzuki , Yoshikazu Nitta
- Applicant: Atsushi Suzuki , Yoshikazu Nitta
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Priority: JP2008-256267 20081001
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; H04N9/73 ; H04N3/14

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which unit pixels outputting processing target signals are arranged in a horizontal direction and scanning lines are wired such that the processing target signals can be read out in order in a vertical direction within a repetition unit of an array of the unit pixels in the horizontal direction; an AD conversion unit including comparing units that compare a reference signal supplied from a reference-signal generating unit and the processing target signals, and counter units that perform count operation, the AD conversion unit performing AD conversion processing based on output data of the counter units; and a driving control unit that performs control to read out the processing target signals in order in the vertical direction and controls the reference-signal generating unit and the AD conversion unit such that AD conversion gains are individually adjusted in order to correct an output amplitude characteristic difference within the repetition unit during AD conversion processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100079611A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND AD CONVERSION GAIN ADJUSTING METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-04-01
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