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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Nakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an imaging apparatus in which a column signal processing system includes a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter capable of operating at higher speed and with lower power consumption. An electronic device of the present disclosure includes an imaging apparatus including a pixel array unit on which pixels including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, a column amplifier unit that obtains a difference between a reset component and a signal component input from each of the pixels of the pixel array unit through a signal line and outputs the difference as a pixel signal, a capacitance unit that holds the pixel signal input from the column amplifier unit, and a successive approximation register analog-to-digital conversion unit that converts an analog signal input from the capacitance unit into a digital signal.