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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouji Matsuura, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To increase the frame rate and reduce power consumption with a wide dynamic range for photoelectric conversion. An imaging device includes: a first photoelectric conversion unit; a first read-out circuit that outputs to a first signal line a first pixel signal corresponding to charges photoelectrically converted by the first photoelectric conversion unit; a second photoelectric conversion unit that has a smaller light-receiving area than the first photoelectric conversion unit; a second read-out circuit that outputs to a second signal line a second pixel signal corresponding to charges photoelectrically converted by the second photoelectric conversion unit; a pixel signal selector that selects the first pixel signal or the second pixel signal based on a result of comparing the second pixel signal with a reference signal; and an analog-to-digital converter that converts the pixel signal selected by the pixel signal selector into a digital pixel signal by comparing the pixel signal with a reference signal whose potential level changes over time.