Imaging element, distance measuring device, and electronic device
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorKENICHI TAYU
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Abstract
Provided are an imaging element, a distance measuring device, and an electronic device capable of improving resolution of a distance image while preventing generation of electromagnetic noise. An imaging element according to the present disclosure includes: a signal generator configured to generate a clock signal; a plurality of flip-flops connected in a cascade manner; a circuit block configured to supply a first signal to a clock terminal of each of the plurality of flip-flops and to supply a second signal to an input terminal of a first-stage flip-flop of the plurality of flip-flops in accordance with the clock signal; and a pixel array including pixels configured to be driven using pulse signals supplied from different stages of the plurality of flip-flops.
Claims15
An imaging element comprising:
- a signal generator configured to generate a clock signal;
- a plurality of flip-flops connected in a cascade manner;
- a circuit block configured to supply a first signal to a clock terminal of each of the plurality of flip-flops and to supply a second signal to an input terminal of a first-stage flip-flop of the plurality of flip-flops in accordance with the clock signal;
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- a pixel array including pixels configured to be driven using pulse signals supplied from different stages of the plurality of flip-flops.
A distance measuring device comprising:
- a signal generator configured to generate a clock signal;
- a plurality of flip-flops connected in a cascade manner;
- a circuit block configured to supply a first signal to a clock terminal of each of the plurality of flip-flops and to supply a second signal to an input terminal of a first-stage flip-flop of the plurality of flip-flops in accordance with the clock signal;
- a pixel array including pixels configured to be driven using pulse signals supplied from different stages of the plurality of flip-flops;
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- a signal processing unit configured to generate a distance image on a basis of a charge generated by photoelectric conversion in the pixel of the pixel array.
An electronic device comprising:
- a signal generator configured to generate a clock signal;
- a plurality of flip-flops connected in a cascade manner;
- a circuit block configured to supply a first signal to a clock terminal of each of the plurality of flip-flops and to supply a second signal to an input terminal of a first-stage flip-flop of the plurality of flip-flops in accordance with the clock signal;
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- a pixel array including pixels configured to be driven using pulse signals supplied from different stages of the plurality of flip-flops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.