Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparator circuit, solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic device
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Application No.: US16687406Application Date: 2019-11-18
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Publication No.: US11025853B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Koji Ogawa , Yusuke Oike
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-144772 20140715
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03K5/24 ; H04N5/374 ; H01L27/146 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
The present technology relates to a comparator circuit, a solid-state imaging apparatus, and an electronic device which enable to improve a frame rate. A comparator compares an analog signal with a reference signal, an amplification stage amplifies output of a comparing unit and has different output change speeds in normal rotation and in reverse rotation, and a switch circuit fixes an input node or an output node of the amplification stage to a predetermined voltage in a predetermined period before a comparing operation by the comparator so that the amplification stage operates in a change direction having a higher output change speed. The present technology can be applied to a comparator circuit provided to an A/D converter of a CMOS image sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200084406A1 COMPARATOR CIRCUIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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