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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Takeo Ushinaga, Sakai, JP;
Yoshinao Morikawa, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H03M 1/08 (2006.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37455 (2013.01); H03M 1/0872 (2013.01); H03M 1/56 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An AD conversion circuit provided in a solid-state image sensor includes a counter circuit that performs count processing and a first latch circuit that holds at least one of a discrimination result of a first comparison circuit and a first output result of the counter circuit.