Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
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Application No.: US14635399Application Date: 2015-03-02
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Publication No.: US09609256B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Kazuki Haraguchi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-041942 20140304
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor comprises unit pixels, each unit pixel including photodiodes, transfer switches, a floating diffusion portion, and reset means, and an AD converter, wherein the AD converter includes a reference signal generator and a comparator that compares the reference signal and analog signal and vary an output depending on a magnitude relationship, the floating diffusion portion accumulates a first signal obtained by transferring a signal of at least one of the photodiodes, and adds, to the first signal, a second signal obtained by transferring a signal of at least one of the photodiodes, and the AD converter operates in a first AD conversion mode when AD-converting the first signal, and operates in a second AD conversion mode when AD-converting the second signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150256779A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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