Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, and method of driving image pickup apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US09716823B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-25

    申请号:US14962050

    申请日:2015-12-08

    摘要: Provided is an image pickup apparatus, including a plurality of microlenses, a plurality of image pickup rows being configured to output a signal for generating an image a distance measurement row being configured to output a focus detection signal a plurality of signal processing units, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the plurality of image pickup rows to perform a first operation of reading signals to the plurality of signal processing units; control, before or after the first operation, the distance measurement row to perform a second operation of reading signals to the plurality of signal processing units; control the plurality of signal processing units to be in an operating state in one of the first and second operations; and control a part of the plurality of signal processing units to be in an operation-restricted state in another of the first and second operations.

    Solid-state imaging apparatus in which plural transistors are connected to a single initializing switch
    6.
    发明授权
    Solid-state imaging apparatus in which plural transistors are connected to a single initializing switch 有权
    其中多个晶体管连接到单个初始化开关的固态成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US09118857B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-25

    申请号:US13954554

    申请日:2013-07-30

    摘要: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of first unit pixels configured to generate a signal by a photoelectric conversion; a first output line connected to the plurality of first unit pixels; and a first amplifier configured to amplify a signal from the first output line, wherein the first amplifier includes an operational amplifier (401), an initializing switch (404) having one terminal connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier, and an offset adjusting unit (402) connected between the other terminal of the initializing switch and an input terminal of the operational amplifier, and the offset adjusting unit has a transistor having a source and a drain connected to each other.

    摘要翻译: 一种固态成像装置,包括:被配置为通过光电转换产生信号的多个第一单位像素; 连接到所述多个第一单位像素的第一输出线; 以及第一放大器,被配置为放大来自所述第一输出线的信号,其中所述第一放大器包括运算放大器(401),初始化开关(404),其具有连接到所述运算放大器的输出端子的一个端子,以及偏移调整 连接在初始化开关的另一个端子和运算放大器的输入端子之间的单元(402),并且偏移调整单元具有彼此连接的源极和漏极的晶体管。

    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM
    7.
    发明申请
    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM 有权
    固态成像装置和成像系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130088628A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-11

    申请号:US13629332

    申请日:2012-09-27

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    CPC分类号: H04N5/76 H04N5/3658 H04N5/378

    摘要: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of readout circuits provided in each column of the plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, configured to read out for each column a signal of the plurality of pixels, a plurality of comparison units configured to compare a signal output from the plurality of readout circuits with a reference signal whose level changes with time, a counter configured to perform a count operation from when the level of the reference signal starts to change, first and second buffers each configured to buffer a count value of the counter, and a plurality of storing units connected to the plurality of comparison units, configured to store a count value of the counter when a magnitude relation between a signal output from the plurality of the readout circuits and the reference signal is inverted.

    摘要翻译: 固态成像装置包括以矩阵形式排列的多个像素,多个读出电路,设置在以矩阵形式排列的多个像素的每列中,被配置为每列读出多个像素的信号, 多个比较单元,被配置为将来自多个读出电路的信号的输出与其电平随时间变化的参考信号进行比较;配置为在从参考信号的电平开始变化时执行计数操作的计数器;第一和第二 每个被配置为缓冲计数器的计数值的缓冲器和连接到多个比较单元的多个存储单元,被配置为当从多个读出电路输出的信号之间的大小关系时存储计数器的计数值 参考信号反转。

    IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20220182571A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17531623

    申请日:2021-11-19

    IPC分类号: H04N5/3745 H04N5/369 G05D1/02

    摘要: An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a signal line connected to the plurality of pixels, and a limiter circuit configured to limit an amplitude of the signal at the signal line. A first pixel in the plurality of pixels sequentially outputs a noise signal, a focus detection signal, and an image capturing signal to the signal line. A second pixel in the plurality of pixels sequentially outputs a noise signal and an image capturing signal to the signal line, and wherein a potential of the signal at the signal line is set to a potential by the limiter circuit during a period after the second pixel outputs the noise signal and before the second pixel outputs the image capturing signal.

    PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210344868A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17242486

    申请日:2021-04-28

    发明人: Koichiro Iwata

    摘要: A photoelectric conversion device includes pixels including first and second photoelectric converters, a memory unit, and a transfer unit for transferring signals in the memory unit to a processing unit. The pixels output a first signal based on a signal of the first photoelectric converter, and a second signal based on signals of the first and second photoelectric converters. The transfer unit performs on row-by-row a first transfer period of transferring the first signal in the memory unit and a second transfer period of transferring the second signals held in the memory unit. A column a pixel outputting the first signal transferred during the first period of a first row is arranged is different from a column a pixel outputting the first signal transferred during the first period of a second row is arranged.