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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Brillnics, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventor:

Shunsuke Okura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

BRILLNICS, INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pixel signal includes a first pixel signal and a second pixel signal. The first pixel signal includes a read-out reset signal and a read-out luminance signal that are read out in the stated order from a pixel in a first operation, and the second pixel signal includes a read-out luminance signal and a read-out reset signal that are read out in the stated order from the pixel in a second operation. A reading circuitincludes an amplifying partfor amplifying the pixel signal, and an AD converting partfor analog-to-digital converting, in connection with a search signal, the pixel signal amplified by the amplifying part. A first search signal Vrampfor the first pixel signal and a second search signal Vrampfor the second pixel signal are configurable such that search levels thereof are inverted.


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