Solid-state imaging apparatus and electronic equipment
US10939062B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/78
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus and electronic equipment that can reduce power consumption. In an AD converter for each unit pixel or each shared pixel unit, a pixel signal is compared with a reference signal temporally changing. In addition, a magnitude of a pixel signal of a pixel of interest is compared with a magnitude of each of pixel signals of neighboring pixels located in a neighborhood of the pixel of interest using the reference signal, and a result of comparison of the magnitudes is held in a data storage section. The present disclosure can be applied to a back-illuminated solid-state imaging apparatus, for example.
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