Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 传感器装置
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Application No.: US12857312Application Date: 2010-08-16
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Publication No.: US07956917B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Seiichiro Mizuno , Haruhiro Funakoshi
- Applicant: Seiichiro Mizuno , Haruhiro Funakoshi
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Current Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Agency: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JPP2004-140413 20040510
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/217 ; G11C27/02

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a sensor apparatus having a structure capable of obtaining digital values of signal components with a high accuracy using an A/D conversing circuit with the outputted digital value thereof having a small number of expressive bits. In the sensor apparatus, a voltage value corresponding to the amount of incident light to a photodiode is held by a holding circuit through an integrating circuit and a CDS circuit. Meanwhile, a voltage value corresponding to the amount of incident light to an adjacent photodiode is held by another holding circuit through an integrating circuit and a CDS circuit. The voltage values held by the respective different holding circuits are inputted to a subtracting circuit through different paths. The subtracting circuit outputs a voltage value corresponding to the difference between the two inputted voltage values. In an A/D converting section, the difference voltage outputted from the subtracting circuit is converted into a digital value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100308795A1 SENSOR APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-12-09
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