Sensor chip and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorsYohtaro Yasu, Katsuhiko Hanzawa
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Abstract
A sensor chip includes: a pixel array unit that has a rectangular-shaped area in which a plurality of sensor elements are arranged in an array pattern; and a global control circuit, in which driving elements simultaneously driving the sensor elements are arranged in one direction, and each of the driving elements is connected to a control line disposed for each one column of the sensor elements, that is arranged to have a longitudinal direction to be along a long side of the pixel array unit. For example, the present technology can be applied to ToF sensor.
Claims10
A sensor chip comprising:
- a pixel array located in a rectangular-shaped area, in which a plurality of sensor elements are arranged in an array pattern with rows and columns, the rectangular-shaped area having first and second long sides that extend in a long side direction and first and second short sides that extend in a short side direction;
- a first global control circuit configured to drive the sensor elements simultaneously, the first global control circuit extending in the long side direction along the first long side, the first global control circuit comprising a first clock tree structure that includes a first plurality of buffers, and driving elements connected to the first plurality of buffers;
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- a second global control circuit configured to drive the sensor elements simultaneously, the second global control circuit extending in the long side direction along the second long side, the second global control circuit comprising a second clock tree structure that includes a second plurality of buffers, and driving elements connected to the second plurality of buffers, wherein
- the driving elements respectively corresponding to each column of the array pattern are connected to one of a plurality of control lines respectively disposed for each column of the sensor elements, the control lines extending in the short side direction, and the control lines respectively including a first end connected to the first global control circuit and a second end connected to the second global control circuit.
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