Invention Grant
- Patent Title: AD conversion circuit and solid-state imaging device
- Patent Title (中): AD转换电路和固态成像装置
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Application No.: US14466418Application Date: 2014-08-22
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Publication No.: US09332204B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Maki Sato
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Applicant Address: JP Minato-ku
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Minato-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2013-237332 20131115
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03M1/14 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/365 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, in an AD conversion circuit of a single slope type, a counter is configured to count number of clocks, in a state where a potential level of a first slope voltage and a potential level of a second slope voltage concurrently change, until an output signal of either one of a first comparator and a second comparator is inverted. A reference counter is configured to constantly output a full count value. A generation circuit is configured to generate and output a digital value corresponding to a count value of the counter when an output signal of the first comparator is inverted, and to generate and output a digital value corresponding to a value obtained by subtracting a count value of the counter from the full count value of the reference counter when an output signal of the second comparator is inverted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150138413A1 AD CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-05-21
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