Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor, imaging device, endoscope, and endoscopic system
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Application No.: US15251176Application Date: 2016-08-30
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Publication No.: US09813645B2Publication Date: 2017-11-07
- Inventor: Makoto Ono , Nana Akahane , Masashi Saito , Yoshio Hagihara , Susumu Yamazaki
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-204820 20141003
- Main IPC: A62B1/04
- IPC: A62B1/04 ; H04N5/357 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B1/045 ; G02B23/24 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An image sensor includes: photoelectric conversion elements configured to receive light and accumulate a charge corresponding to an amount of received light; an imaging signal generating unit that converts the charge accumulated in each photoelectric conversion element into a voltage to generate an imaging signal; and a reference signal generating unit that generates a reference signal having a fluctuation component with a same phase as the imaging signal. The imaging signal generating unit includes: a conversion circuit that converts the charge accumulated in each photoelectric conversion element into the imaging signal; a noise eliminating circuit that eliminates a noise component included in the imaging signal; and an output circuit that outputs the imaging signal from the conversion circuit. The reference signal generating unit includes a circuit having a same structure as that of at least one of the conversion circuit, the noise eliminating circuit, and the output circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160373666A1 IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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