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US09379730B2 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 有权
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

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
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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