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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Iwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Inada, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Hisamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/14 (2006.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/357 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H03M 1/0624 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01); H03M 1/123 (2013.01); H03M 1/14 (2013.01); H03M 1/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device having an analog-digital converter, and an analog-digital conversion method are described herein. An example of a solid-state imaging device comprises a bit inconsistency prevention section configured to prevent bit inconsistency between output of a low-level bit latch section and a high-level bit counting section.