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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2008
Yuuki Yamagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Koseki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Inada, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Inutsuka, Nagasaki, JP;
Akari Tajima, Nagasaki, JP;
Yuuki Yamagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Koseki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Inada, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Inutsuka, Nagasaki, JP;
Akari Tajima, Nagasaki, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes comparing means for comparing a pixel signal obtained by a pixel section and a reference signal the value of which varies in a stepwise manner, analog-digital converting means for outputting, as a digital value, the amount of time when the pixel signal and the reference signal change levels by the comparing means, reset signal generating means for generating a reset signal that triggers a reset operation to be input to the comparing means in order to adjust the reference in the analog-digital converting means, and waveform processing means provided between the reset signal generating means and the comparing means for increasing the degree of dullness of a waveform of the reset signal.