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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2019
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Sakakibara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kawagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state electronic circuit, an image pickup element, a method of controlling the image pickup element, and an electronic device that enable inhibition of a deterioration in yield due to densification of image pickup elements. Wiring replacement units are provided between a plurality of transfer paths allowing bitwise transfer of a predetermined bit length of time code for use in conversion of a pixel signal corresponding to a quantity of light received in a pixel into a digital signal. In a case where an error has occurred in any of the plurality of transfer paths, replacement with the transfer path lowest in priority is performed. The present disclosure can be applied to image pickup elements.