EP1566959A3
Solid-state image pickup device and method for driving the same
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor includes column-parallel ADCs. Each of the ADCs includes a comparator and an up/down counter. With this configuration, digital values of pixels in a plurality of rows can be added without using additional circuits, such as an adder and a line memory device, and the frame rate can be increased while maintaining constant sensitivity.
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1566959
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1566959
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1566959
- Application
- 5003683
- Application, DOCDB
- 05003683
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20050003683
Titles3
- German
- Festkörper-Bildaufnahmevorrichtung und Verfahren zu ihrer Ansteuerung
- English
- Solid-state image pickup device and method for driving the same
- French
- Dispositif de prise d'images à l'état solide et sa méthode de commande
Classification
- CPC, 8
- H03M1/1023
- H04N25/772
- H03M1/56
- H04N25/46
- H04N25/78
- H04N25/616
- H04N23/54
- H04N25/767
- IPC, 6
- H04N3 15
- H03M1 12
- H01L27 146
- H04N25 46
- H04N9 03
- H04N25 00
Designated states2
- Contracting states, 1
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 1
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)