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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toshiaki Hiraoka, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Shimomura, Hyogo, JP;
Yutaka Abe, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a solid-state imaging device which includes column analog-to-digital conversion circuits (ADCs) for converting pixel signals output from pixels into digital signals, each of the column ADCs includes a comparator which outputs a result of voltage comparison (comparison result signal) between the voltage of the pixel signal and an analog ramp voltage; a column counter which counts a column counter clock signal, which is either a clock signal or a phase-shifted clock signal, and stores a value represented by upper bits of a count value at a time of change in the comparison result signal; and a first latch unit which stores a value represented by lower bits of the count value. A second latch unit stores the value stored in the first latch unit.
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