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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Takamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Tsukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H04N 5/379 (2018.08); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, an image pickup apparatus, and an electronic device capable of stably supplying high-speed control signals and clock signals. In the area AD method in which analog-digital conversion of a pixel signal is performed for each ADC area corresponding to a pixel group including a plurality of pixels, a repeater element is regularly arranged in each area group unit including one or more ADC areas, to re-drive control signals for controlling a plurality of the ADC areas. The present disclosure is applicable to a solid-state imaging device.