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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2013.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A signal processing device includes a control unit that suspends supplying of a signal to an A/D conversion unit which performs A/D conversion, during an A/D conversion period in which the A/D conversion is performed on the signal that depends on an electric charge read from a pixel; and a maintenance unit that maintains a signal value of the signal in a state where the signal is supplied by the control unit to the A/D conversion unit and that supplies the maintained signal value to the A/D conversion unit in a state where the supplying of the signal to the A/D conversion unit is suspended by the control unit.