摘要:
In a signal read circuit including a plurality of circuit rows each having a charge amplifier connected to a photoelectric conversion element PD and a CDS circuit 2S for performing correlated double sampling for an output from the charge amplifier, a dummy circuit row DMY having the same configuration as a circuit row SLT is connected in parallel with this circuit row SLT. By calculating the difference between these circuit rows connected in parallel, offset variations generated in the two circuit rows SLT and DMY can be removed.
摘要:
A light chopper periodically transmits and blocks light, and first a dark current cancelling circuit determines an approximate mean value of the dark current from a photodiode when the light is blocked and cancels thus the mean value from the current signal fed into the integrated circuit, add to this, a differential arithmetic circuit that subtracts the remaining dark current component from the output of the integration circuit, thus the remaining signal indicates only the signal current component.
摘要:
An amount of charges consonant with the intensity of the light entering photodiodes is generated, and the level of the charges is determined by a charge level determination circuit. Based on this determined charge level, a capacitance setting circuit sets a capacitance of an integrating capacitor unit in an integrating circuit. Thereafter, in the integrating circuit, the charges generated by the photodiodes are integrated in the integrating capacitor unit, and a voltage having a value consonant with the amount of the integrated charges is output. When background light is strong and the overall intensity of incident light is high, a comparatively large capacitance is set for the variable capacitor unit of the integrating circuit, and the intensity of the incident light is detected without saturation. When background light is weak and the overall intensity of incident light is low, a comparatively small capacitance is set for the variable capacitor unit of the integrating circuit, and the intensity of the incident light is detected at high sensitivity, regardless of the surrounding conditions.
摘要:
In the solid-state imaging apparatus of the present invention, when a signal is output from the capacity element to the data signal output circuit, the voltage of the output terminal of the capacity element is kept at that attained when the switch was previously opened, namely, the initial voltage of the input terminal of the data signal output circuit, whereby the voltage of the input terminal of the data signal output circuit is stable without fluctuation. Therefore, no noise is generated in the output signal at the instant when the capacity element and data signal output circuit are short-circuited, whereby optical images can be captured with a high accuracy in a high speed.
摘要:
In a signal processing device of an embodiment, an integration circuit accumulates a charge from a photodiode in an integrating capacitor element, and outputs a voltage value according to the amount of charge. A comparator circuit, when the voltage value from the integration circuit has reached a reference value, outputs a saturation signal. A charge injection circuit, in response to the saturation signal, injects an opposite polarity of charge into the integrating capacitor element. A counter circuit performs counting based on the saturation signal. A holding circuit holds the voltage value from the integration circuit. An amplifier circuit outputs a voltage value that is K times (where K>1) larger than the voltage value held by the holding circuit. An A/D converter circuit sets a voltage value that is K times larger than the reference value as the maximum input voltage value, that is, a full-scale value, and outputs a digital value corresponding to the voltage value from the amplifier circuit.
摘要翻译:在实施例的信号处理装置中,积分电路从积分电容器元件中的光电二极管蓄积电荷,并输出与电荷量相对应的电压值。 比较电路当积分电路的电压值达到基准值时,输出饱和信号。 电荷注入电路响应于饱和信号,向积分电容器元件注入相反的电荷极性。 计数器电路根据饱和信号进行计数。 保持电路保持来自积分电路的电压值。 放大电路输出比保持电路保持的电压值大K倍(K> 1)的电压值。 A / D转换器电路将比参考值大K倍的电压值设置为最大输入电压值,即满量程值,并输出与放大器电路的电压值对应的数字值。
摘要:
A photodetecting device 1 includes a photodiode PDm,n, a switch SWm,n for the photodiode, an integrating circuit 12m, and a noise removing circuit 13m. The integrating circuit 12m accumulates in a capacitor Cfk an electric charge input from the photodiode PDm,n through the switch SWm,n for the photodiode, and outputs a voltage value according to the amount of the accumulated electric charge. The noise removing circuit 13m includes an amplifier A3, five switches SW31 to SW35, four capacitors C31 to C34, and a power supply V3. The noise removing circuit 13m takes in a voltage value that is output from the integrating circuit 12m at a time where the switch SW31 is first turned from a closed state to an open state, and after the time, outputs a voltage value according to a difference between the voltage value that is output from the integrating circuit 12m and the voltage value previously taken in.
摘要:
A photodetecting device 1 includes a photodiode PDm,n, a switch SWm,n for the photodiode, an integrating circuit 12m, and a noise removing circuit 13m. The integrating circuit 12m accumulates in a capacitor Cfk an electric charge input from the photodiode PDm,n through the switch SWm,n for the photodiode, and outputs a voltage value according to the amount of the accumulated electric charge. The noise removing circuit 13m includes an amplifier A3, five switches SW31 to SW35, four capacitors C31 to C34, and a power supply V3. The noise removing circuit 13m takes in a voltage value that is output from the integrating circuit 12m at a time where the switch SW31 is first turned from a closed state to an open state, and after the time, outputs a voltage value according to a difference between the voltage value that is output from the integrating circuit 12m and the voltage value previously taken in.
摘要:
In a signal processing device of an embodiment, an integration circuit accumulates a charge from a photodiode in an integrating capacitor element, and outputs a voltage value according to the amount of charge. A comparator circuit, when the voltage value from the integration circuit has reached a reference value, outputs a saturation signal. A charge injection circuit, in response to the saturation signal, injects an opposite polarity of charge into the integrating capacitor element. A counter circuit performs counting based on the saturation signal. A holding circuit holds the voltage value from the integration circuit. An amplifier circuit outputs a voltage value that is K times (where K>1) larger than the voltage value held by the holding circuit. An A/D converter circuit sets a voltage value that is K times larger than the reference value as the maximum input voltage value, that is, a full-scale value, and outputs a digital value corresponding to the voltage value from the amplifier circuit.
摘要翻译:在实施例的信号处理装置中,积分电路从积分电容器元件中的光电二极管蓄积电荷,并输出与电荷量相对应的电压值。 比较电路当积分电路的电压值达到基准值时,输出饱和信号。 电荷注入电路响应于饱和信号,向积分电容器元件注入相反的电荷极性。 计数器电路根据饱和信号进行计数。 保持电路保持来自积分电路的电压值。 放大电路输出比保持电路保持的电压值大K倍(K> 1)的电压值。 A / D转换器电路将比参考值大K倍的电压值设置为最大输入电压值,即满量程值,并输出与放大器电路的电压值对应的数字值。
摘要:
An amount of charges consonant with the intensity of the light entering photodiodes is generated, and the level of the charges is determined by a charge level determination circuit. Based on this determined charge level, a capacitance setting circuit sets a capacitance of an integrating capacitor unit in an integrating circuit. Thereafter, in the integrating circuit, the charges generated by the photodiodes are integrated in the integrating capacitor unit, and a voltage having a value consonant with the amount of the integrated charges is output. When background light is strong and the overall intensity of incident light is high, a comparatively large capacitance is set for the variable capacitor unit of the integrating circuit, and the intensity of the incident light is detected without saturation. When background light is weak and the overall intensity of incident light is low, a comparatively small capacitance is set for the variable capacitor unit of the integrating circuit, and the intensity of the incident light is detected at high sensitivity, regardless of the surrounding conditions.
摘要:
A solid-state image sensing device 10 mainly includes a light-receiving portion 14 formed on a substrate 12, a vertical shift register 16 formed to face one side of the light-receiving portion 14, and a horizontal shift register 18 and charge amplifiers 20 formed to face the opposite side of the light-receiving portion 14. The light-receiving portion 14 is formed from M×N photodiodes 22, and each photodiode 22 has a gate switch 24. The control terminals of the gate switches 24 are connected to the vertical shift register 16 via gate lines 26 in units of rows. The gate lines 26 have compensation lines 26c so as to make almost equal the capacitances of the gate lines 26 connected in units of rows. Accordingly, a plurality of solid-state image sensing devices 10 can be easily arrayed without any dead zone and can increase the light-receiving area.