- 专利标题: COMPARISON DEVICE, ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS
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申请号: EP16883720.1申请日: 2016-11-30
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公开(公告)号: EP3402078A1公开(公告)日: 2018-11-14
- 发明人: SAKAKIBARA, Masaki
- 申请人: Sony Corporation
- 申请人地址: 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 JP
- 专利权人: Sony Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Sony Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 JP
- 代理机构: MFG Patentanwälte Meyer-Wildhagen Meggle-Freund Gerhard PartG mbB
- 优先权: JP2016001987 20160107
- 国际公布: WO2017119220 20170713
- 主分类号: H03M1/56
- IPC分类号: H03M1/56 ; H03K5/08 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378
摘要:
A comparator of an analog-to-digital converter is simplified.
In the comparator, an input signal is input to a control terminal of each of a plurality of signal input transistors. The reference input transistor configures, together with each of the plurality of signal input transistors, a differential pair and has a control terminal to which a reference signal is input. A signal input transistor selection section selects any one of the plurality of signal input transistors, and generates a current in response to a difference between the input signal and the reference signal to flow in the differential pair configured with the selected signal input transistor and the reference input transistor. A load section converts, at a time of a change of a current flowing in any one of the plurality of signal input transistors and the reference input transistor in response to the difference, the change of the current into a change of a voltage, and outputs the change of the voltage as a result of comparison between the input signal and the reference signal.
In the comparator, an input signal is input to a control terminal of each of a plurality of signal input transistors. The reference input transistor configures, together with each of the plurality of signal input transistors, a differential pair and has a control terminal to which a reference signal is input. A signal input transistor selection section selects any one of the plurality of signal input transistors, and generates a current in response to a difference between the input signal and the reference signal to flow in the differential pair configured with the selected signal input transistor and the reference input transistor. A load section converts, at a time of a change of a current flowing in any one of the plurality of signal input transistors and the reference input transistor in response to the difference, the change of the current into a change of a voltage, and outputs the change of the voltage as a result of comparison between the input signal and the reference signal.
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- EP3402078B1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS 公开/授权日:2022-06-22
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