Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device comprising a circuit for analog-digital conversion by means of the injection of a quantity of charges that varies as a function of the number of previous injections
- Patent Title (中): 成像装置包括用于通过注射作为先前注射次数的函数而变化的电荷量进行模数转换的电路
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Application No.: US14360581Application Date: 2012-11-14
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Publication No.: US09379730B2Publication Date: 2016-06-28
- Inventor: Jean-Luc Moro
- Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
- Applicant Address: FR Paris FR Moirans
- Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives,Trixell
- Current Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives,Trixell
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris FR Moirans
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: FR1160739 20111124
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/072643 WO 20121114
- International Announcement: WO2013/075993 WO 20130530
- Main IPC: H03M1/34
- IPC: H03M1/34 ; H03M1/18 ; G01J1/02 ; G01J1/18 ; H03M1/60

Abstract:
In the field of imaging devices comprising a detector generating electric charges in response to incident photon radiation, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit forming means for reading the quantity of electric charges generated, an analog-to-digital conversion circuit comprises: a comparator which can switch depending on the comparison between a potential on an integration node and a predetermined threshold potential, a counter incrementing with each switch of the comparator, a counter-charge injection circuit injecting a quantity Qc of counter-charges on the integration node with each switch of the comparator, and control means which determine the quantity Qc of counter-charges injected. The analog-to-digital conversion circuit is characterized in that the control means determine the quantity Qc of counter-charges injected as a function of a value of the counter.
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