Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US14588787Application Date: 2015-01-02
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Publication No.: US09258507B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Shunsuke Okura , Koji Shida , Hiroshi Kato
- Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2012-099613 20120425
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03M1/00

Abstract:
There is a need to provide a solid-state imaging apparatus capable of highly accurately analog-to-digital converting an analog voltage output from a pixel circuit. The solid-state imaging apparatus supplies a counter code to an integral A/D converter. The counter code CD includes 3-phase clock signals and gray signals. The clock signals each have a cycle equal to specified cycle multiplied by 8 and allow phases to shift from each other by specified cycle. The gray signals linearly increase count values at a cycle equal to specified cycle multiplied by 4. The counter code reverses only the logical level of a signal when a count value changes. A count value error can be limited to a minimum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150115135A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-04-30
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