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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Yoshinori Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Yasui, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Muramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyuki Fukushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Yasui, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel array block; a row scanning device; and an analogue-digital conversion device, the analogue-digital conversion device including: a comparing device having a reset device; a counting device that counts a comparison period from initiation to completion of comparison performed by the comparing device; and a changing device that changes a voltage at the other input terminal to a predetermined voltage after a resetting operation performed by the reset device.