Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ad conversion device, ad conversion method, image sensor, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US16319181Application Date: 2017-07-14
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Publication No.: US11240455B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Tomonori Yamashita , Yosuke Ueno , Atsumi Niwa
- Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2016-148566 20160728
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/025658 WO 20170714
- International Announcement: WO2018/021055 WO 20180201
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H03M1/56 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
The present technology relates to an AD conversion device, an AD conversion method, an image sensor, and an electronic apparatus that are able to achieve high-speed, low-power-consumption AD conversion. In a case where an electrical signal and a variable-level reference signal are compared by a comparator and the result of comparison is used to perform AD (Analog to Digital) conversion of the electrical signal, control is exercised in such a manner that a bias current flowing in the comparator to operate the comparator during a certain section of the reference signal including a section where the reference signal changes is increased from a first current, which is larger than 0 (zero), to a second current, which is larger than the first current. The present technology is applicable, for example, to AD conversion of an electrical signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210185256A1 AD CONVERSION DEVICE, AD CONVERSION METHOD, IMAGE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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