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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H03M 1/56 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01); H04N 5/37455 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes: a readout circuit that reads out a signal to a signal line, the signal being generated by an electric charge resulting from a photoelectric conversion; a storage circuit including an analog/digital converter that converts a first voltage signal based on an electric current from a first power supply circuit into a digital signal and a first storage unit that stores the first voltage signal converted into a digital signal by the analog/digital converter; and a first electric current source that supplies the signal line with an electric current generated by the first voltage signal stored in the first storage unit.