Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparison device and CMOS image sensor including the same
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Application No.: US16219857Application Date: 2018-12-13
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Publication No.: US10694134B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Hyeon-June Kim , Hoe-Sam Jeong
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
A comparison device includes a comparison circuit including input ports to receive a pixel signal and a ramp signal, respectively, and structured to compare the pixel signal and the ramp signal to output a comparison signal; a sensing circuit coupled to the comparison circuit and structured to sense a common voltage variation amount from the comparison circuit, wherein the common voltage variation amount depends on the pixel signal such that the common voltage variation amount increases as the pixel signal increases; and a tail current control circuit coupled to the sensing circuit and structured to control a tail current amount of the comparison circuit based on the common voltage variation amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190246058A1 COMPARISON DEVICE AND CMOS IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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