Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus

A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged; a comparison unit comparing a reference signal with a signal acquired by the photoelectric conversion element of the pixel unit; a reference signal generating unit generating t...

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Main Author NIKAI NORIHIRO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.12.2012
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Summary:A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged; a comparison unit comparing a reference signal with a signal acquired by the photoelectric conversion element of the pixel unit; a reference signal generating unit generating the reference signal; a counting unit counting an amount of time when the relative magnitude of the pixel signal and the reference signal is inverted by the comparison unit; and an offset setting unit setting an offset in the reference signal generated by the reference signal generating unit.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20100805302