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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Tohru Watanabe, Ogaki, JP;
Takashi Tanimoto, Motosu-gun, JP;
Tatsuya Takahashi, Ogaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A signal processor for reducing power consumption. The signal processor includes a signal processing circuit and a first regulator connected to the signal processing circuit. The first regulator receives an external regulated voltage from an external regulator connected to the signal processor and generates an internal regulated voltage that is in accordance with an output level of a CCD image sensor. The signal processing circuit operates with the internal regulated voltage and performs a predetermined signal processing on an image signal generated by the CCD image sensor.