Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, driving method thereof, and imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US14765203Application Date: 2014-02-03
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Publication No.: US09674472B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Keiji Mabuchi
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Priority: JP2013-025831 20130213
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/000555 WO 20140203
- International Announcement: WO2014/125785 WO 20140821
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H03M1/12 ; H01L27/00 ; H01L31/113 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device comprises a plurality of pixel blocks arranged in a matrix, each of the pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels that generate a charge in response to input light; a control unit including a vertical scanning unit and a horizontal scanning unit; and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, each of the analog-to-digital converters disposed corresponding to pixel blocks. The control unit is configured to sequentially scan the pixels at a timing so that adjacent pixels which are located on a boundary of adjacent pixel blocks are scanned simultaneously.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150381915A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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