Solid state imaging device and differential circuit having an expanded dynamic range
    1.
    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
    2.
    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
    3.
    发明申请
    SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE 有权
    固态成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090033780A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-05

    申请号:US12091138

    申请日:2006-07-11

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    摘要: An object of the present invention is to provide a two-dimensional solid state imaging device which can realize speeding up of signal output. The two-dimensional solid state imaging device includes: a pixel region; a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element each of which is arranged for a different column of pixels and accumulates pixel signals of the corresponding column of pixels; a first horizontal signal line and a second horizontal signal line each of which transmits the pixel signals accumulated in a corresponding capacitance element; a common signal line connected to the horizontal signal lines; a scan timing generation unit and a switch unit which control readout of the pixel signals from the capacitance element to the horizontal signal line; and an external output timing unit and a switch unit which select the horizontal signal line and control output of the pixel signals from the selected horizontal signal line to the common signal line. Here, the scan timing generation unit and the switch unit, and the external output timing unit and the switch unit control the readout and the output of the pixel signals, respectively, so that a time period required for the readout of the pixel signals from the capacitance element to the signal line is longer than a time period required for the output of the pixel signals from the signal line to the common signal line.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的目的是提供一种可实现信号输出加速的二维固态成像装置。 二维固态成像装置包括:像素区域; 第一电容元件和第二电容元件,每个元件被布置用于不同的像素列并且累积相应列的像素的像素信号; 第一水平信号线和第二水平信号线,每个信号线发送累积在对应的电容元件中的像素信号; 连接到水平信号线的公共信号线; 扫描定时生成单元和开关单元,其控制从电容元件到水平信号线的像素信号的读出; 以及外部输出定时单元和开关单元,其选择水平信号线并将所选择的水平信号线的像素信号的输出控制到公共信号线。 这里,扫描定时生成单元和开关单元以及外部输出定时单元和开关单元分别控制像素信号的读出和输出,从而从像素信号读出所需的时间周期 信号线的电容元件比从信号线到公共信号线的像素信号的输出所需的时间长。

    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AD CONVERTER, AND AD CONVERTING METHOD
    4.
    发明申请
    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AD CONVERTER, AND AD CONVERTING METHOD 有权
    固态成像装置,AD转换器和AD转换方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080266159A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-30

    申请号:US12104128

    申请日:2008-04-16

    IPC分类号: H03M1/12

    摘要: The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device which can output a digital signal at a high speed without using a high-speed clock. The solid-state imaging device includes light receiving elements provided in an array and generating signal voltages based on light intensity of received light and AD converters each of which is provided in each of columns in the array. Each of the AD converters includes: a reference voltage generating unit (10) generating reference voltages; comparators (11a through 11c) comparing in parallel a current signal voltage which is one of signal voltages generated by the light receiving elements in the respective matrix columns with the reference voltages generated by the reference voltage generating unit; a digital signal generating circuit (23) generating a digital signal showing a result of the comparison and outputting the digital signal out of the AD converter.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种可以在不使用高速时钟的情况下高速输出数字信号的固态成像装置。 固态成像装置包括设置在阵列中的光接收元件,并且基于接收光的光强度产生信号电压,并且每个AD转换器设置在阵列中的每列中。 每个AD转换器包括:产生参考电压的参考电压产生单元(10) 比较器(11a至11c)将由各个矩阵列中的光接收元件产生的信号电压之一与由参考电压产生单元产生的参考电压并联的电流信号电压进行比较; 数字信号发生电路(23),产生表示比较结果的数字信号,并从AD转换器输出数字信号。

    AD converter
    5.
    发明申请
    AD converter 有权
    AD转换器

    公开(公告)号:US20080018517A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-24

    申请号:US11822589

    申请日:2007-07-09

    IPC分类号: H03M1/34

    摘要: An AD converter includes an analog data storing unit, a first DA converter for converting an input digital data into a first analog reference voltage which varies within a first voltage range in a range of every possible signal voltage of the input analog data, a second DA converter for converting the input digital data into a second analog reference voltage which varies within a second voltage range in the range of every possible signal voltage of the input analog data, a first comparator for comparing the input analog data with the first reference voltage, a second comparator for comparing the input analog data with the second reference voltage and a digital data storing unit for storing a digital data corresponding to a point of time when a change of state occurs in the comparison results of each of the first and second comparators.

    摘要翻译: AD转换器包括模拟数据存储单元,第一DA转换器,用于将输入数字数据转换成在输入模拟数据的每个可能的信号电压的范围内在第一电压范围内变化的第一模拟参考电压;第二DA 转换器,用于将输入数字数据转换成在输入模拟数据的每个可能的信号电压的范围内在第二电压范围内变化的第二模拟参考电压,用于将输入的模拟数据与第一参考电压进行比较的第一比较器, 第二比较器,用于将输入模拟数据与第二参考电压进行比较;以及数字数据存储单元,用于存储对应于在第一和第二比较器中的每一个的比较结果中发生状态改变的时间点的数字数据。

    Solid state imaging device, method for driving the same, and camera
    6.
    发明申请
    Solid state imaging device, method for driving the same, and camera 有权
    固态成像装置,其驱动方法和相机

    公开(公告)号:US20070109432A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-17

    申请号:US11528523

    申请日:2006-09-28

    IPC分类号: H04N3/14 H04N5/335

    CPC分类号: H04N5/3741 H04N5/3742

    摘要: A solid state imaging device includes an imaging area where a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels are respectively arranged in the form of a matrix, each of the first pixels and the second pixels having a photoelectric conversion portion and outputting a signal in accordance with brightness of incident light when selected; a plurality of first memories that respectively store signals of selected first pixels out of the plurality of first pixels; and a plurality of second memories that are respectively connected in parallel to the first memories and respectively store signals of selected second pixels out of the plurality of second pixels. The signals stored in the first memories and in the second memories are successively read to a horizontal signal line.

    摘要翻译: 固态成像装置包括其中多个第一像素和多个第二像素分别以矩阵形式布置的成像区域,每个第一像素和第二像素具有光电转换部分,并且输出信号 根据入射光的亮度选择; 多个第一存储器,分别存储多个第一像素中所选择的第一像素的信号; 以及分别与第一存储器并联连接并分别存储多个第二像素中所选择的第二像素的信号的多个第二存储器。 存储在第一存储器和第二存储器中的信号被连续地读取到水平信号线。

    Solid-state imaging device
    7.
    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, AD converter, and AD converting method
    8.
    发明授权
    Solid-state imaging device, AD converter, and AD converting method 有权
    固态成像装置,AD转换器和AD转换方法

    公开(公告)号:US07683817B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-23

    申请号:US12104128

    申请日:2008-04-16

    IPC分类号: H03M1/34

    摘要: The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device which can output a digital signal at a high speed without using a high-speed clock. The solid-state imaging device includes light receiving elements provided in an array and generating signal voltages based on light intensity of received light and AD converters each of which is provided in each of columns in the array. Each of the AD converters includes: a reference voltage generating unit (10) generating reference voltages; comparators (11a through 11c) comparing in parallel a current signal voltage which is one of signal voltages generated by the light receiving elements in the respective matrix columns with the reference voltages generated by the reference voltage generating unit; a digital signal generating circuit (23) generating a digital signal showing a result of the comparison and outputting the digital signal out of the AD converter.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种可以在不使用高速时钟的情况下高速输出数字信号的固态成像装置。 固态成像装置包括设置在阵列中的光接收元件,并且基于接收光的光强度产生信号电压,并且每个AD转换器设置在阵列中的每列中。 每个AD转换器包括:产生参考电压的参考电压产生单元(10) 比较器(11a至11c)将作为由各个矩阵列中的光接收元件产生的信号电压之一的电流信号电压与由参考电压产生单元产生的参考电压并联进行比较; 产生表示比较结果的数字信号的数字信号发生电路(23),并将数字信号从AD转换器输出。

    Infrared sensor and method for driving the same
    9.
    发明授权
    Infrared sensor and method for driving the same 有权
    红外线传感器及其驱动方法

    公开(公告)号:US07423271B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-09

    申请号:US11665603

    申请日:2006-06-09

    IPC分类号: G01J5/34 H01L27/14

    摘要: An infrared sensor includes a plurality of reference pixel units 2 arranged in a matrix pattern and series capacitor elements 14 provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the reference pixel units 2. The reference pixel units 2 each include an output line 30, a reference capacitor element 13 connected via a switching element 17 between the output line and the ground, and a plurality of infrared-detecting capacitor elements 12 connected via associated switching elements 16 between the output line 30 and the ground. Each series capacitor element 14 is connected to the associated output line 30.

    摘要翻译: 红外线传感器包括以矩阵图案排列的多个参考像素单元2和与参考像素单元2一一对应地设置的串联电容器元件14。 参考像素单元2各自包括输出线30,经由输出线和地之间的开关元件17连接的参考电容器元件13以及通过相关联的开关元件16连接在输出线和地之间的多个红外线检测电容器元件12 30号线和地面。 每个串联电容器元件14连接到相关联的输出线30。