Solid-state imaging device
    1.
    发明授权
    Solid-state imaging device 有权
    固态成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US07956916B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-07

    申请号:US12195584

    申请日:2008-08-21

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    摘要: Provided is a solid-state imaging device having pixel units that are two-dimensionally arranged, and including: a photodiode that generates an optical signal charge corresponding to an intensity and an exposure time of light; a MOS transistor that transfers the optical signal charge; an accumulating unit that generates a voltage corresponding to the signal charge through the MOS transistor; a storing unit that stores a voltage corresponding to an optical signal charge in the accumulating unit; and a voltage setting unit that sets a value of a voltage in the accumulating unit to a value corresponding to the voltage in the storing unit.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种具有二维排列的像素单元的固态成像装置,包括:产生对应于光的强度和曝光时间的光信号电荷的光电二极管; 传输光信号电荷的MOS晶体管; 累积单元,其产生对应于通过MOS晶体管的信号电荷的电压; 存储单元,其将与所述积累单元中的光信号电荷相对应的电压存储; 以及电压设定单元,其将所述累积单元中的电压值设定为与所述存储单元中的电压对应的值。

    Solid state imaging device and differential circuit having an expanded dynamic range
    2.
    发明授权
    Solid state imaging device and differential circuit having an expanded dynamic range 有权
    具有扩展动态范围的固态成像装置和差分电路

    公开(公告)号:US08866059B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-21

    申请号:US13055863

    申请日:2009-07-23

    摘要: A solid-state imaging device that is configurable into a small size appropriate for expanding dynamic range includes: a photodiode which is a photoelectric conversion unit that generates charge by incident light; a MOS transistor which is connected to the photodiode and transfers the charge; a floating diffusion region which is a first accumulation unit which accumulates the charge via the MOS transistor; a MOS transistor which is a second transfer unit connected to the floating diffusion region and connected in series to the MOS transistor; and a MOS transistor which is an output unit which outputs, via the MOS transistor, a signal voltage in accordance with an amount of the charge.

    摘要翻译: 可配置为适于扩展动态范围的小尺寸的固态成像装置包括:光电二极管,其是通过入射光产生电荷的光电转换单元; 连接到光电二极管并传送电荷的MOS晶体管; 浮动扩散区域,其是通过MOS晶体管积累电荷的第一累积单元; MOS晶体管,其是与所述浮动扩散区域连接并与所述MOS晶体管串联连接的第二转移单元; 以及MOS晶体管,其是经由MOS晶体管输出根据电荷量的信号电压的输出单元。

    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DIFFERENTIAL CIRCUIT
    3.
    发明申请
    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DIFFERENTIAL CIRCUIT 有权
    固态成像装置和差分电路

    公开(公告)号:US20110121162A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-26

    申请号:US13055863

    申请日:2009-07-23

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146

    摘要: A solid-state imaging device that is configurable into a small size appropriate for expanding dynamic range includes: a photodiode which is a photoelectric conversion unit that generates charge by incident light; a MOS transistor which is connected to the photodiode and transfers the charge; a floating diffusion region which is a first accumulation unit which accumulates the charge via the MOS transistor; a MOS transistor which is a second transfer unit connected to the floating diffusion region and connected in series to the MOS transistor; and a MOS transistor which is an output unit which outputs, via the MOS transistor, a signal voltage in accordance with an amount of the charge.

    摘要翻译: 可配置为适于扩展动态范围的小尺寸的固态成像装置包括:光电二极管,其是通过入射光产生电荷的光电转换单元; 连接到光电二极管并传送电荷的MOS晶体管; 浮动扩散区域,其是通过MOS晶体管积累电荷的第一累积单元; MOS晶体管,其是与所述浮动扩散区域连接并与所述MOS晶体管串联连接的第二转移单元; 以及MOS晶体管,其是经由MOS晶体管输出根据电荷量的信号电压的输出单元。

    Solid-state imaging device comprising a holding circuit and driving method thereof
    4.
    发明授权
    Solid-state imaging device comprising a holding circuit and driving method thereof 有权
    固态成像装置,包括保持电路及其驱动方法

    公开(公告)号:US08817143B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-26

    申请号:US13271466

    申请日:2011-10-12

    IPC分类号: H04N3/14 H04N5/217

    摘要: A plurality of pixel circuits arranged in rows and columns, and each of which outputs an electric signal according to an amount of received light; a first column signal line provided for each of the columns, and for sequentially transferring the electric signals from said pixel circuits in a corresponding column; and a holding circuit provided for each of the pixel circuits in each column, and which holds the electric signal transferred through the column signal line in the corresponding column are provided. A holding circuit includes a first capacitor which holds a first electric signal of the corresponding pixel circuit in a reset state; and a second capacitor which holds a second electric signal after the corresponding pixel circuit receives light. A difference circuit calculates a difference between two electric signals held by the first capacitor and the second capacitor in a same holding circuit.

    摘要翻译: 多个以行和列排列的像素电路,每个像素电路根据接收的光量输出电信号; 为每个列提供的第一列信号线,并且用于从相应列中的所述像素电路顺序传送电信号; 并且提供为每列中的每个像素电路提供并保持通过相应列中的列信号线传送的电信号的保持电路。 保持电路包括:第一电容器,其将相应像素电路的第一电信号保持在复位状态; 以及在相应的像素电路接收光之后保持第二电信号的第二电容器。 差分电路在相同的保持电路中计算由第一电容器和第二电容器保持的两个电信号之间的差。

    Solid-state imaging device, semiconductor integrated circuit, and signal processing method
    5.
    发明授权
    Solid-state imaging device, semiconductor integrated circuit, and signal processing method 有权
    固态成像装置,半导体集成电路和信号处理方法

    公开(公告)号:US07791524B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-07

    申请号:US12388105

    申请日:2009-02-18

    IPC分类号: H03M1/12

    CPC分类号: H04N5/378 H04N5/3742

    摘要: A solid-state imaging device includes: pixel circuits arranged in a matrix which perform photoelectric conversion on received light; and an AD conversion unit converting the resultant signal voltage of the photoelectric conversion. The AD conversion unit includes: a reference voltage generation unit generating plural reference voltages which are different from each other within a possible range for a signal voltage; a most significant bit conversion unit that identifies a voltage section including the signal voltage from among the voltage sections each having a corresponding one of the reference voltages as a base point and determines the identified result as the value of the most significant bit of the digital signal; and a least significant bit conversion unit that converts, into the least significant bit of the digital signal, the difference voltage between the signal voltage and the reference voltage as the base point of the identified voltage section.

    摘要翻译: 固态成像装置包括:以接收光进行光电转换的矩阵状的像素电路; 以及转换所得到的光电转换信号电压的AD转换单元。 AD转换单元包括:在信号电压的可能范围内产生彼此不同的多个参考电压的参考电压产生单元; 一个最高有效位转换单元,其识别包括每个具有对应的一个参考电压的电压部分中的信号电压的电压部分作为基点,并将所识别的结果确定为数字信号的最高有效位的值 ; 以及最低有效位转换单元,其将所述信号电压和所述参考电压之间的差电压转换为所述数字信号的最低有效位作为所识别的电压部分的基点。

    Semiconductor memory and method for driving the same

    公开(公告)号:US06618284B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-09

    申请号:US10011489

    申请日:2001-12-11

    IPC分类号: G11C1122

    CPC分类号: G11C11/22

    摘要: A semiconductor memory includes a ferroelectric capacitor having a ferroelectric film, a first electrode formed on the ferroelectric film and a second electrode formed under the ferroelectric film. A data writing unit causes a first state in which the ferroelectric film has polarization in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode or in a direction from the second electrode to the first electrode and has a substantially saturated polarization value or a second state in which the ferroelectric film has polarization in the same direction as in the first state and has a substantially zero polarization value, thereby writing a data corresponding to the first state or the second state in the ferroelectric capacitor. A data reading unit detects whether the ferroelectric capacitor is in the first state or in the second state, thereby reading a data stored in the ferroelectric capacitor.

    Ferroelectric storage device
    7.
    发明申请
    Ferroelectric storage device 失效
    铁电存储设备

    公开(公告)号:US20050162890A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-28

    申请号:US11041251

    申请日:2005-01-25

    IPC分类号: G11C11/22 G11C11/56

    CPC分类号: G11C11/5657 G11C11/22

    摘要: In the present invention, a polarization having a lower polarization level than a saturation polarization is caused in a ferroelectric capacitor by applying a voltage that is lower than a saturation voltage to the ferroelectric capacitor. This allows a storage device to store many values by changing a length of a write-time during which the voltage is applied to the capacitor.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明中,通过向铁电电容器施加低于饱和电压的电压,在铁电电容器中产生具有比饱和极化低的极化电平的极化。 这允许存储设备通过改变将电压施加到电容器的写入时间的长度来存储许多值。

    Semiconductor storage device and method for driving the same
    8.
    发明授权
    Semiconductor storage device and method for driving the same 失效
    半导体存储装置及其驱动方法

    公开(公告)号:US06898108B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-24

    申请号:US10647352

    申请日:2003-08-26

    IPC分类号: G11C11/22

    CPC分类号: G11C11/22

    摘要: In a memory block, for example, included in a semiconductor storage device, memory cells, reset transistors, and gain transistors are provided. The memory block further includes charge transistors for charging the gate potentials of the gain transistors, and current shutoff transistors for disconnecting electrical connection between the gain transistors and bit lines.

    摘要翻译: 在存储器块中,例如,包括在半导体存储器件中,提供存储单元,复位晶体管和增益晶体管。 存储块还包括用于对增益晶体管的栅极电位充电的电荷晶体管,以及用于断开增益晶体管和位线之间的电连接的电流截止晶体管。

    Non-volatile semiconductor memory device with enhanced erase/write cycle endurance
    9.
    发明授权
    Non-volatile semiconductor memory device with enhanced erase/write cycle endurance 失效
    具有增强的擦除/写入周期耐久性的非易失性半导体存储器件

    公开(公告)号:US06693840B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-17

    申请号:US10271139

    申请日:2002-10-15

    IPC分类号: G11C700

    CPC分类号: G11C14/00 G11C16/30

    摘要: The power-supply unit, while directing externally supplied power to the control unit and the like, accumulates an amount of power that is required by the control unit to save data from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory. When an external power supply has started, the control unit restores data of the non-volatile memory in the volatile memory; and when the external power supply has stopped, the control unit saves data from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory.

    摘要翻译: 电源单元在向控制单元等引导外部供电的同时,累积控制单元所需的功率量,以将数据从易失性存储器保存到非易失性存储器。 当外部电源开始时,控制单元恢复易失性存储器中的非易失性存储器的数据; 并且当外部电源停止时,控制单元将数据从易失性存储器保存到非易失性存储器。

    Non-volatile logic circuit and system LSI having the same
    10.
    发明申请
    Non-volatile logic circuit and system LSI having the same 审中-公开
    非易失性逻辑电路和具有相同的系统LSI

    公开(公告)号:US20060067102A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-30

    申请号:US11234295

    申请日:2005-09-26

    IPC分类号: G11C11/22

    CPC分类号: G11C11/22

    摘要: A non-volatile logic circuit according to the present invention is comprised of: a logic circuit block; and an input/output unit operable to input and output data between the logic circuit block and the input/output unit and between a data bus and the input/output unit, wherein the input/output unit has a non-volatile data holding circuit which holds the data. Furthermore, a system large-scale integration (LSI) according to the present invention is comprised of a plurality of non-volatile logic circuits which are connected with one another via a data bus.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的非易失性逻辑电路包括:逻辑电路块; 以及输入/输出单元,其可操作以在所述逻辑电路块和所述输入/输出单元之间以及在数据总线与所述输入/输出单元之间输入和输出数据,其中所述输入/输出单元具有非易失性数据保持电路, 保存数据。 此外,根据本发明的系统大规模集成(LSI)由通过数据总线彼此连接的多个非易失性逻辑电路组成。