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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Kuo-Yu Chou, Hsinchu, TW;
Shang-Fu Yeh, Hsin-Chu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A device that includes an analog-to-digital converter circuit and a control circuit is disclosed. The analog-to-digital converter circuit converts at least one of analog pixel output signals from a pixel array, to at least one of digital signals. The analog-to-digital converter circuit includes a comparator which generates a comparator output signal for operatively enabling and disabling, in accordance with a reference signal and an analog pixel output signal from the pixel array, a counter generating a digital signal. The control circuit disables, in accordance with the comparator output signal, the comparator.