Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor, image capturing apparatus, and cellular phone
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Application No.: US14542006Application Date: 2014-11-14
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Publication No.: US09866776B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Hideta Nishizawa
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2013-244331 20131126
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N9/73 ; H04N9/04

Abstract:
An image sensor in which a first chip and a second chip are stacked comprises: a pixel unit; output lines each configured to output a pixel signal from the pixel unit; and an analog-digital converter provided for each of the output lines. The analog-digital converter comprises a plurality of sets of the following configuration: reference signal generation units configured to generate a reference signal, a comparison unit configured to compare a signal level of a pixel signal output to one of the output lines with a signal level of the reference signal, a counter configured to count until the signal level of the pixel signal coincides with the signal level of the reference signal compared by the comparison unit. The pixel unit is arranged in the first chip and the analog-digital converter is arranged in the second chip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150146063A1 IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CELLULAR PHONE Public/Granted day:2015-05-28
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