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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Araoka, Hiratsuka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid state imaging device includes a pixel circuitconfigured to generate a pixel signal by photoelectric conversion, a reference signal generation circuitconfigured to generate a reference signal which changes in level with time, and a plurality of comparators configured to, based on the reference signal generated by the reference signal generation circuit, compare a plurality of reference signals being given offset voltages differing from each other, with the pixel signal, or compare a plurality of pixel signals being given offset voltages differing from each other, with the reference signal.
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