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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2020
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Murata, Yokohama, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging sensor comprising: an imaging chip in which a plurality of pixel are arranged in a matrix; and a signal processing chip that is each provided for one or more pixel columns or one or more pixel rows, has a device that performs signal processing on a pixel signal output from a pixel, and is stacked with the imaging chip is provided. For example, the device that performs signal processing is an A/D converter that converts a pixel signal output from the pixel into a digital signal, and when a pixel signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal, at least two or more A/D converters among the A/D converters are controlled in parallel.