Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device including analog-to-digital converter and analog-to-digital conversion method
- Patent Title (中): 固态成像装置包括模数转换器和模数转换方法
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Application No.: US13562062Application Date: 2012-07-30
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Publication No.: US08692177B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Shigetaka Kasuga , Motonori Ishii , Sanzo Ugawa , Yusuke Okada
- Applicant: Shigetaka Kasuga , Motonori Ishii , Sanzo Ugawa , Yusuke Okada
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2010-025396 20100208
- Main IPC: H01L27/00
- IPC: H01L27/00 ; H01J40/14 ; H03K17/78

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes an imager including pixels arranged in a matrix, and analog to digital (AD) converters, each of which is provided in each pixel column and converts a signal voltage read from one of the pixels located in the column to a digital value. Each of the AD converters includes a comparator and a counter section including a counter circuit, which receives a comparison result of the comparator and includes a first D flip-flop (DFF) for n-bits, and a transfer circuit, which includes a second DFF for n-bits holding and outputting a count value of the counter circuit. The second DFFs provided in the columns are coupled in series to form a transfer section transferring the signal voltage which has been digitally converted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120292485A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND AD CONVERSION METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-11-22
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