Image sensor and imaging apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTatsuki Nishino, Yosuke Ueno, Yusuke Moriyama, Shizunori Matsumoto
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTatsuki Nishino, Yosuke Ueno, Yusuke Moriyama, Shizunori Matsumoto
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To prevent a decline in image quality by reducing a fluctuation in an image signal that is based on a fluctuation in a voltage of a negative voltage power source. An image signal output unit is controlled in accordance with a first control signal indicating either voltage state of an on voltage for causing a conductive state and an off voltage having a polarity different from that of the on voltage, and outputs an analog image signal corresponding to the electric charge held by an electric charge holding unit in the conductive state. A reset unit is controlled in accordance with a second control signal indicating either voltage state of the on voltage and the off voltage, resets the electric charge holding unit in the conductive state, transmits a fluctuation in the off voltage to the electric charge holding unit, and fluctuates the analog image signal. A reference signal generation unit generates a reference signal being a signal serving as a reference used when conversion from an analog image signal output from the image signal output unit into a digital image signal is performed. A reference signal correction unit corrects the generated reference signal in accordance with the fluctuation in the off voltage. An analog-to-digital conversion unit performs the conversion on the basis of the corrected reference signal.
An image sensor, comprising:
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
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