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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Saeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An imaging element with a pixel array that has pixels each including a photoelectric converting section and an analog-to-digital converting section. The analog-to-digital converting section includes a Gray code latch circuit configured to latch a Gray code corresponding to an analog pixel signal read out from the pixels, a code converter configured to code-convert, into a binary code, the Gray code latched in the Gray code latch circuit, a temporary latch circuit configured to temporarily latch a predetermined binary code, and an arithmetic section configured to determine a difference between a binary code for the same bit resulting from code-conversion by the code converter and the predetermined binary code latched in the temporary latch. Data transfer between the Gray code latch circuit and the code converter is processed in parallel.