Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device for reducing deterioration of A/D conversion accuracy
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Application No.: US15260954Application Date: 2016-09-09
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Publication No.: US09918032B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Yoshio Hagihara
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-053593 20140317
- Main IPC: H04N5/376
- IPC: H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
An imaging device includes: an imaging section in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element are arranged in a matrix shape; a clock generator that generates a plurality of phase signals having different phases; a reference signal generator that generates a reference signal which increases or decreases with a lapse of time; a comparator that is disposed to correspond to each column of an array of the plurality of pixels, performs a comparing process of comparing a pixel signal output from each pixel with the reference signal, and outputs a first comparison result signal and a second comparison result signal indicating a result of the comparing process; a latch section that is disposed to correspond to the comparator and latches logic states of the plurality of phase signals; and a latch controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160381315A1 IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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