Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US16892668Application Date: 2020-06-04
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Publication No.: US11114498B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Tatsuki Nishino , Yosuke Ueno , Yusuke Moriyama , Shizunori Matsumoto
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JP2016-150068 20160729
- Main IPC: H01L27/148
- IPC: H01L27/148 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/372 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
An image signal output unit is controlled in accordance with a first control signal indicating either voltage state of an on voltage for causing a conductive state and an off voltage having a polarity different from that of the on voltage, and outputs an analog image signal corresponding to the electric charge held by an electric charge holding unit in the conductive state. A reset unit is controlled in accordance with a second control signal indicating either voltage state of the on voltage and the off voltage, resets the electric charge holding unit in the conductive state, transmits a fluctuation in the off voltage to the electric charge holding unit, and fluctuates the analog image signal. A reference signal generation unit generates a reference signal being a signal serving as a reference used when conversion from an analog image signal output from the image signal output unit into a digital image signal is performed. A reference signal correction unit corrects the generated reference signal in accordance with the fluctuation in the off voltage. An analog-to-digital conversion unit performs the conversion on the basis of the corrected reference signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200295079A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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