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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Suto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01); H04N 5/379 (2018.08);
Abstract
An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel. A first signal line is coupled to the first pixel. A second signal line is coupled to the second pixel. The imaging device includes first comparator and a second comparator displaced from the first comparator in a column direction. The imaging device includes a switch circuit configured to couple the first signal line to the first comparator and the second comparator, and couple the second signal line to the first comparator and the second comparator.