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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Moue, Kanagawa, JP;
Yosuke Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Youhei Oosako, Kanagawa, JP;
Kengo Umeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To provide an image capturing device capable of suppressing a decrease of a dynamic range of the entire image capturing device caused by an input transistor of a comparator inserted between a signal line and a load current source in an analog-digital converter. The image capturing device of the present disclosure includes: a load current source; a comparator that includes an input transistor connected between a signal line that transmits a signal read from a pixel and the load current source; and a reference signal supply section that supplies a predetermined reference signal to a charge-voltage conversion section of the pixel.