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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Brillnics Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Kazuya Mori, Tokyo, JP;

Toshinori Otaka, Tokyo, JP;

Isao Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14638 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37455 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a solid-state imaging device. A comparator is configured to perform a first comparing operation of outputting a digital first comparison result signal obtained by processing the overflow charges overflowing from PDto FDin the storing period, a second comparing operation of outputting a digital second comparison result signal obtained by processing the charges stored in PDthat are transferred to FDin the transfer period, and a third comparing operation of outputting a digital third comparison result signal obtained by processing the charges stored in PDthat are transferred to FDin the transfer period and the charges stored in the charge storing part, and a memory control part controls whether or not to allow writing of the data corresponding to the third comparison result signal into a memory part, depending on the states of the first and second comparison result signals.


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