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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes an imaging section in which a plurality of pixels, each of which has a photoelectric conversion element, are disposed in a matrix; a clock generation section; a reference signal generation section configured to generate a reference signal whose amplitude increases or decreases with the passage of time; a comparison section disposed corresponding to a column in an array of the plurality of pixels; a latch section disposed corresponding to the comparison section and configured to latch logic states of the plurality of phase signals; and a latch control section disposed corresponding to the comparison section, wherein the comparison section includes a differential amplifier, a current output element, and a third transistor, and wherein the comparison section outputs a second comparison signal based on the current output from the current output element after the second timing.