Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device
- Patent Title (中): 固态成像装置
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Application No.: US13230023Application Date: 2011-09-12
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Publication No.: US08797440B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Tomohiro Matsuura
- Applicant: Tomohiro Matsuura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-260241 20101122
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an analog-to-digital conversion circuit which subjects a first and a second pixel voltages from pixels to first and second signal processing, and outputs a digital value corresponding to a difference value between the first pixel voltage and the second pixel voltage, a reference voltage generation circuit which outputs reference voltages having first and second pulse waveforms to the analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The reference voltage generation circuit includes an integration circuit. In the first signal processing which compares the reference voltage with the first pixel voltage, the reference voltage generation circuit supplies a first current to the integration circuit, and generates the first pulse waveform, after the first signal processing, the reference voltage generation circuit supplies a second current to the integration circuit, and returns a voltage value of the first pulse waveform to an initial value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120127356A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-05-24
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