Invention Grant
- Patent Title: AD conversion circuit, photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and moving body
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Application No.: US17001323Application Date: 2020-08-24
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Publication No.: US11258973B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Koichiro Iwata , Yoshiaki Takada , Kohichi Nakamura
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JPJP2019-155626 20190828
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/3745 ; H03M1/56 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An AD conversion circuit includes a comparator configured to compare an analog signal with a ramp signal and output a comparison result signal indicating a result of the comparison, and performs an AD conversion using the comparison result signal. In the comparison, a potential of the ramp signal changes with a lapse of time from a first potential to a second potential. Before the comparison, the potential of the ramp signal changes at a first change rate and then changes at a second change rate smaller than the first change rate, the potential of the ramp signal changes from the first potential to a third potential between the first potential and the second potential, and the comparator is reset in a state where the third potential is input to the comparator.
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