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公开(公告)号:US20180139400A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-17
申请号:US15799251
申请日:2017-10-31
发明人: Tasuku Kaneda , Kei Ochiai , Akira Ohtani
CPC分类号: H04N5/3597 , H01L27/14605 , H01L27/14623 , H01L27/1463 , H04N5/378
摘要: Provided is an imaging apparatus including a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels comprising a photoelectric conversion portion. The pixel array includes a first pixel configured to output an imaging signal in accordance with an incident light and a second pixel configured to output a correction signal used for correcting the imaging signal. The second pixel outputs the correction signal after performing a first reset performed in a state where a first bias voltage is applied to the photoelectric conversion portion of the second pixel and a second reset performed in a state where a second bias voltage that is different from the first bias voltage is applied to the photoelectric conversion portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20170054926A1
公开(公告)日:2017-02-23
申请号:US15236234
申请日:2016-08-12
发明人: Shin Kikuchi , Kei Ochiai
CPC分类号: H04N5/359 , H03F3/08 , H03F3/45183 , H03F3/45475 , H03F2200/411 , H03F2203/45026 , H03F2203/45512 , H03F2203/45536 , H03F2203/45544 , H03F2203/45618 , H03F2203/45674 , H03F2203/45728 , H03G11/00 , H03G11/002 , H04N5/3575 , H04N5/378
摘要: One imaging apparatus includes a first amplifier circuit, a second amplifier circuit, and a limiter circuit that limits the output of the first amplifier circuit, and further includes a configuration to clamp the output of the limiter circuit. Moreover, another imaging apparatus includes a fully differential amplifier circuit that outputs an amplified noise signal amplified from a noise signal, and an amplified optical signal amplified from an optical signal, and an output limiting circuit that limits each of the amplitude range of the amplified noise signal and the amplitude range the amplified optical signal.
摘要翻译: 一个成像装置包括限制第一放大器电路的输出的第一放大器电路,第二放大器电路和限幅器电路,并且还包括钳位限幅器电路的输出的配置。 此外,另一种成像装置包括:全差分放大电路,其输出从噪声信号放大的放大噪声信号和从光信号放大的放大光信号;以及输出限制电路,其限制放大噪声的每个幅度范围 信号和幅度范围放大的光信号。
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公开(公告)号:US20160344968A1
公开(公告)日:2016-11-24
申请号:US15082860
申请日:2016-03-28
发明人: Kei Ochiai , Tetsuya Itano , Mineo Uchida
CPC分类号: H04N5/3765 , H04N5/3696
摘要: A driving method for an image pickup apparatus includes accumulating a signal generated during a first charge accumulation period by a first sub pixel, accumulating a signal generated during a second charge accumulation period partially overlapped with the first charge accumulation period by a second sub pixel, and controlling column circuits such that, after processing of the signal generated during the first charge accumulation period is performed, processing of the signal is performed which is generated during the second charge accumulation period of the second sub pixel included in the pixel where the signal processing of the first sub pixel is performed, and the column circuits are put into a non-operating state during at least part of a period after the processing of the signal generated during the first charge accumulation period is ended until the second charge accumulation period is ended.
摘要翻译: 一种用于图像拾取装置的驱动方法包括:在第一电荷累积期间产生的信号由第一子像素累积,在与第一电荷累积期间部分重叠的第二电荷累积期间产生的信号由第二子像素累积;以及 控制列电路,使得在执行在第一电荷累积期间产生的信号的处理之后,执行信号的处理,其是在包括在像素中的第二子像素的第二电荷累积周期期间产生的,其中信号处理 执行第一子像素,并且在第一电荷累积期间产生的信号的处理结束直到第二电荷累积期结束为止的期间的至少一部分期间,列电路处于非工作状态。
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公开(公告)号:US11849238B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-19
申请号:US17591496
申请日:2022-02-02
发明人: Kei Ochiai , Yoshiaki Takada , Masaki Sato , Masahiro Kobayashi , Daisuke Kobayashi , Tetsuya Itano , Nao Nakatsuji , Yasuhiro Oguro
IPC分类号: H04N25/772 , H04N25/50 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/79 , H01L27/146
CPC分类号: H04N25/772 , H04N25/50 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/79 , H01L27/14634
摘要: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate layered on the first substrate and including an AD conversion portion including a plurality of AD conversion circuits configured to convert a signal output from the first substrate into a digital signal, wherein the second substrate further includes a plurality of signal processing units including a first signal processing unit and a second signal processing unit both configured to perform machine learning processing, wherein each of a plurality of sets includes a plurality of AD conversion circuits that differ between the plurality of sets, wherein the first signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to one of the plurality of sets, and wherein the second signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to another one of the plurality of sets.
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公开(公告)号:US11489999B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US17319392
申请日:2021-05-13
发明人: Kei Ochiai
IPC分类号: H04N5/232
摘要: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel region where pixels are arranged to form rows and columns, and a pixel control circuit that supplies control signals to the pixels. The pixel region includes first to fourth regions, a first pixel in the first region and a second pixel in the second region are arranged on different columns on a first row, a third pixel in the third region and a fourth pixel in the fourth region are arranged on different rows on a first column, and the first row on which the first and second pixels are arranged is arranged between rows on which the third and fourth pixels are arranged. The pixel control circuit simultaneously reads out pixel signals of the first and second pixels in a first period and simultaneously reads out pixel signals of the third and fourth pixels in a second period.
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公开(公告)号:US10708523B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-07
申请号:US16141748
申请日:2018-09-25
摘要: Provided is an imaging device configured to sequentially perform AD conversion for A signals of pixels of the first row, A signals of pixels of the second row, A+B signals of the pixels of the first row, and A+B signals of the pixels of the second row.
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公开(公告)号:US10477131B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-12
申请号:US15462624
申请日:2017-03-17
发明人: Kei Ochiai , Hideo Kobayashi
摘要: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes an amplification transistor that has an input node configured to receive electric charge generated through photoelectric conversion, a reset transistor, and a capacitance control unit. In a state where the reset transistor is off, the capacitance control unit switches a capacitance of the input node from a first capacitance value to a second capacitance value, which is greater than the first capacitance value. Subsequently, the reset transistor is controlled from off to on in a state where the capacitance of the input node has been controlled to the second capacitance value. After the reset operation, the amplification transistor outputs a pixel signal in a state where the capacitance of the input node is the first capacitance value.
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公开(公告)号:US20180184031A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:US15832038
申请日:2017-12-05
发明人: Hiroyuki Morita , Kei Ochiai , Tetsuya Itano
摘要: Provided is an imaging device including a pixel array including pixels; a readout circuit that reads out signals from the pixels; a temperature sensor that outputs a signal in accordance with a temperature; and a current control circuit that controls a current supplied to the temperature sensor. The current control circuit performs control in a first period such that a predetermined current is supplied to the temperature sensor, and performs control in a second period such that a current supplied to the temperature sensor becomes smaller than the predetermined current or stops. The first period is set in a first blanking period between a process in which the first readout circuit reads out one frame of signals output from the pixels and a process in which the first readout circuit reads out next one frame of signals output from the pixels.
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公开(公告)号:US11953541B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-09
申请号:US17003056
申请日:2020-08-26
发明人: Kei Ochiai
IPC分类号: G01R31/26 , B60K35/00 , H01L27/146
CPC分类号: G01R31/2642 , B60K35/00 , G01R31/2635 , H01L27/14643 , B60K2370/48
摘要: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device that performs signal processing, a driving control unit that controls drive of the semiconductor device, and a lifetime obtaining unit that obtains remaining lifetime information that represents a remaining lifetime of the semiconductor device. In a case where the remaining lifetime information represents a first length, the driving control unit drives the semiconductor device in a first condition. In a case where the remaining lifetime information represents a second length shorter than the first length, the driving control unit drives the semiconductor device in a second condition in which throughput of the signal processing is lower than that in a case where the semiconductor device is driven in the first condition, and the remaining lifetime of the semiconductor device is longer than that in the case where the semiconductor device is driven in the first condition.
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公开(公告)号:US20220247966A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-04
申请号:US17591496
申请日:2022-02-02
发明人: Kei Ochiai , Yoshiaki Takada , Masaki Sato , Masahiro Kobayashi , Daisuke Kobayashi , Tetsuya Itano , Nao Nakatsuji , Yasuhiro Oguro
IPC分类号: H04N5/3745 , H04N5/369 , H04N5/378 , H04N5/351
摘要: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate layered on the first substrate and including an AD conversion portion including a plurality of AD conversion circuits configured to convert a signal output from the first substrate into a digital signal, wherein the second substrate further includes a plurality of signal processing units including a first signal processing unit and a second signal processing unit both configured to perform machine learning processing, wherein each of a plurality of sets includes a plurality of AD conversion circuits that differ between the plurality of sets, wherein the first signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to one of the plurality of sets, and wherein the second signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to another one of the plurality of sets.
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