Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device and camera
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Application No.: US17521911Application Date: 2021-11-09
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Publication No.: US11647306B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Yusuke Tokunaga
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP 2019117538 2019.06.25
- Main IPC: H04N5/365
- IPC: H04N5/365 ; H03M1/46 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit that outputs a pixel signal corresponding to an amount of incident light; an A/D converter that performs A/D conversion on the pixel signal; and a D/A conversion circuit that generates a reference signal to be used by the A/D converter. The D/A conversion circuit includes a first buffer circuit that outputs a base voltage VTOP for generating the reference signal, and the first buffer circuit includes a differential pair circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor, and a suppression circuit that suppresses a variation in the base voltage by canceling out a characteristic difference between the first transistor and the second transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220070397A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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