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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Won-Seok Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Si-Wook Yoo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK Hynix, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A counting device includes a control unit suitable for generating a control signal including a first control signal and a second control signal, a first operation unit suitable for performing a logic operation for pixel signals of a pixel array and a control signal, wherein pixel signals of used column in the pixel array are transferred by using the first control signal, and pixel signals of unused column in the pixel array are blocked by using the second control signal during a binning mode operation, a second operation unit suitable for performing a logic operation for a counter clock and an output signal of the first operation unit, and a counting unit suitable for counting an output signal of the second operation unit.