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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuaki Hisamatsu, Fukuoka, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present technology relates to an image pickup device and an electronic apparatus capable of preventing degradation of the picture quality. A plurality of current sources can be selectively connected to an output terminal for outputting a reference signal having a level that varies, and a plurality of terminating resistors are connected to the output terminal. The terminating resistors that are to supply current of current sources that are connected to the output terminal are connected by a plurality of switches, and current of current sources that are not connected to the output terminal is supplied to the switches. The present technology can be applied, for example, to image pickup devices that perform AD conversion using a reference signal and so forth.