Solid-state imaging device and imaging device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorHirotaka Doi
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Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of AD conversion units respectively provided in a plurality of columns and each configured to convert a pixel signal converted by unit pixels provided in an associated column into digital data of N bits, and a plurality of data storage units respectively provided in the columns. The data storage units each include N flip-flop circuits. The solid-state imaging device further includes data switching units each configured to switch between a first state in which the digital data converted by the AD conversion unit is stored in the data storage unit of the associated column, and a second state in which the N flip-flop circuits in each of the data storage units are serially connected.
Claims16
A solid-state imaging device, comprising:
- a plurality of unit pixels that each converts incident light into a pixel signal, the unit pixels being arranged in rows and columns;
- a plurality of AD conversion units respectively provided in a plurality of columns and each configured to convert the pixel signal converted by the unit pixel located in an associated column into digital data of N bits, N being an integer not smaller than 2;
- and
- a plurality of data storage units respectively provided in the plurality of columns,
- wherein the data storage units each include N flip-flop circuits respectively corresponding to bits of the digital data of N bits,
- the solid-state imaging device further comprising:
- a plurality of data switching units each configured to switch between:
- a first state in which the digital data of N bits converted by the AD conversion unit is stored in the data storage unit of the associated column;
- and
- a second state in which the N flip-flop circuits included in each of the data storage units are serially connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.