Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, driving method, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US15522119Application Date: 2015-10-23
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Publication No.: US10609318B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Masaki Sakakibara , Yorito Sakano
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JP2014-226695 20141107
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/079923 WO 20151023
- International Announcement: WO2016/072289 WO 20160512
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/374 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
The present technology relates to an imaging device, a driving method, and an electronic apparatus capable of more quickly acquiring a high-quality image. In a pixel of a solid-state imaging device, a photoelectric conversion unit that performs a photoelectric conversion of incident light is disposed. An electric charge/voltage converting unit converts electric charge acquired by the photoelectric conversion unit into a voltage signal. A signal comparator compares a supplied reference signal with the voltage signal acquired by the electric charge/voltage converting unit and outputs a result of the comparison. A storage unit adaptively changes the conversion efficiency of the electric charge/voltage converting unit on the basis of a control signal acquired on the basis of a result of the comparison output from the signal comparator. The present technology can be applied to a solid-state imaging device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170318250A1 IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-11-02
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