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US09131177B2 Solid-state imaging device and image capturing apparatus including the same
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固态成像装置和包括该固态成像装置的图像捕获装置
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device and image capturing apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 固态成像装置和包括该固态成像装置的图像捕获装置
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Application No.: US14293169Application Date: 2014-06-02
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Publication No.: US09131177B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Sanshiro Shishido , Yutaka Abe , Masahiro Higuchi , Makoto Ikuma
- Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2011-269695 20111209
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of pixels which are on a same semiconductor substrate and each of which generates a pixel signal; a comparison circuit that is connected to the pixels in each of columns; a D/A conversion circuit that generates a comparison potential and provide the generated comparison potential in common to the comparison circuit in each column; and a D/A conversion circuit output unit provided in a common line for providing the comparison potential to the comparison circuit in each column, wherein the D/A conversion circuit output unit includes: a source follower circuit that is provided to the line and includes a first current source having a transistor, and an amplification transistor having a gate oxide film that is thinner than a gate oxide film of the transistor; and a voltage control circuit that controls a drain-to-source voltage of the amplification transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140267854A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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