Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and camera system
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Application No.: US15238154Application Date: 2016-08-16
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Publication No.: US09843747B2Publication Date: 2017-12-12
- Inventor: Hayato Wakabayashi , Yosuke Ueno
- Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Priority: JP2011-230676 20111020
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
There is provided a solid-state image sensor including a pixel array unit in which pixels are arrayed, the pixel including a photodiode converting an optical signal into an electrical signal, and a readout unit which reads out an analog image signal from the pixel to a signal line and processes the read out analog pixel signal in a unit of column. The readout unit includes a ΔΣ modulator which has a function to convert the analog pixel signal in to a digital signal, and an amplifier which is arranged on an input side of the ΔΣ modulator and amplifies the analog pixel signal read out to the signal line using a set gain to input the signal to the ΔΣ modulator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160360130A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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