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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2022
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Uk Jeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Oh Jun Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Seon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hak Soon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Han Sang Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kang Bong Seo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung Uk Seo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong Eun Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Min Seok Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sun Young Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Eun Chang Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hoo Chan Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converting circuit includes: an analog-to-digital converter suitable for performing an analog-to-digital conversion on pixel signals of a plurality of pixels provided in a pixel array; a ramp signal generator suitable for providing a ramp signal to the analog-to-digital converter; and an auto-zero controller suitable for providing a reference voltage to the analog-to-digital converter to perform an auto-zeroing operation by using a row pixel for which a readout operation is performed by the analog-to-digital converter.