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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Hyeon-June Kim, Jeollanam-do, KR;
Hoe-Sam Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are devices having a device including a ramp signal generator which may comprise: a slope control circuit configured to generate a controllable analog reference voltage according to a digital setting code value to control a slope of a ramp signal; and at least one unit current cell configured to adjust the slope of the ramp signal by adjusting a current flowing through the at least one unit current cell according to the controllable analog reference voltage generated by the slope control circuit.