A/d conversion circuit, control method thereof, solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SONY CORP
- Publication Date
- 2008-12-10
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to an analog-digital (A / D) conversion circuit and a control method thereof, a solid-state imaging device, and an imaging device. Specifically, the present invention relates to an A / D conversion circuit having a comparator and a control method thereof, a solid-state imaging device using the A / D conversion circuit, and an imaging apparatus having the solid-state imaging device. Background technique
[0002] In a solid-state imaging device such as a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor), it may be difficult to simultaneously achieve small area occupation of a circuit portion and noise reduction. In order to reduce noise in a CMOS image sensor, there is known a technique in which a readout circuit (column circuit) is arranged for each column in which pixels of a pixel array section are arranged to read out from a pixel To read out a signal, this technique amplifies the signal by performing arithmetic on a narrow nois...