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Patent No.:

US 10574926 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2019

Analog-to-digital converter, solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus

Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Masaaki Bairo, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sheridan Ross P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Lin Ye

Assistant Examiner:

Chriss S Yoder, III

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01); H03M 1/08 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 21/822 (2006.01); H01L 27/04 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H01L 21/822 (2013.01); H01L 23/5223 (2013.01); H01L 27/04 (2013.01); H03M 1/08 (2013.01); H03M 1/56 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H03M 1/123 (2013.01);
Abstract

An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator having paired differential input ends, and a first capacitor and a second capacitor each provided at respective differential input ends. The first capacitor includes a plurality of first sub-capacitors that are coupled side by side with one another, and the second capacitor includes a plurality of second sub-capacitors that are coupled side by side with one another. The plurality of first sub-capacitors and the plurality of second sub-capacitors are mixedly arranged in each column of a plurality of columns.

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Bairo, Masaaki. (2020). Analog-to-digital converter, solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10574926). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10574926

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