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US 2003/0150976 A1Published application
Solid-state image pickup device and output method thereof
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKeiji Mabuchi
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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKeiji Mabuchi
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A solid-state image pickup device has a differential output configuration for an output stage thereof and an IC in a next stage has a differential amplifier configuration for an input stage thereof. An output buffer unit buffers and outputs a digital signal from a horizontal bus line. At this time, in addition to the normal video signal, the output buffer unit generates an inverted output of the normal video signal. The normal video signal and the inverted output are outputted from a video signal output terminal and an inverted video signal output terminal, respectively, to the outside of a chip. Further, a clock, which is supplied from a timing generator to the output buffer unit, is also buffered and outputted to the outside together with an inverted clock. A differential amplifier is used in an input stage of an IC in a next stage, whereby even signals having blunter waveforms can be recognized. This enables increase in speed of the system, addition of capacitance to signal path, or reduction in size of the output buffer unit of the solid-state image pickup device.
A solid-state image pickup device comprising:
An output method of a solid-state image pickup device, said solid-state image pickup device including an image pickup pixel unit including a plurality of pixels;
A solid-state image pickup device comprising:
A system including a solid-state image pickup device, said system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.