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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Shioya, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a solid state imaging device including a first analog-to-digital converting unit that compares a level of an analog reference signal with a first inclination with a level of an analog pixel signal output from a pixel array unit, and converts the analog pixel signal into a first digital pixel signal, a second analog-to-digital converting unit that compares a level of an analog reference signal with a second inclination that is different in inclination from the analog reference signal with the first inclination with a level of the analog pixel signal, and converts the analog pixel signal into a second digital pixel signal, and a digital compositing unit that composites the first digital pixel signal with the second digital pixel signal, and outputs a composite result.