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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Tae-Gyu Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A comparison device includes a comparison block suitable for comparing an upper ramp signal or a lower ramp signal with a pixel signal, and outputting a comparison signal; a CDS block provided between a first input terminal into which the pixel signal is inputted and a negative input terminal of the comparison block, and configured to perform correlated double sampling; a second switch provided between a second input terminal into which the lower ramp signal is inputted and a positive input terminal of the comparison block; a third switch provided between a third input terminal into which the upper ramp signal is inputted and the positive input terminal of the comparison block; and a feedback control unit suitable for checking a magnitude of the pixel signal according the comparison signal and outputting a second control signal or a third control signal for controlling the second or third switch.