Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device
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Application No.: US15712572Application Date: 2017-09-22
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Publication No.: US10382707B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Hirofumi Totsuka , Katsuhito Sakurai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2016-222225 20161115
- Main IPC: H04N5/222
- IPC: H04N5/222 ; H04N5/30 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/225 ; H01L31/00 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an imaging device including: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts received light, a read node in which a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit is accumulated, and a first readout circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion to convert a signal based on the signal charge accumulated in the read node into a digital signal; and a second readout circuit that reads a signal based on the signal charge, the signal having a smaller amplitude than a resolution of the analog-to-digital conversion of the first readout circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180139396A1 IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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