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US 9,438,835 B2Granted
Semiconductor device
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorYusuke Oike
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Abstract
A semiconductor device is provided which has a driving circuit operable to drive a circuit that has a delay, the semiconductor device including: an auxiliary driving circuit operable to accelerate drive of the driving circuit, which receives a drive signal of the driving circuit as an input signal.
Claims10
An imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels;
- a control signal line connected to the plurality of pixels;
- a driving circuit configured to output a drive signal to the control signal line;
- and
- an auxiliary driving circuit configured to receive the drive signal propagated through the control signal line,
- wherein,
- the auxiliary driving circuit comprises a loop circuit having an input node and an output node,
- the input node and the output node of the loop circuit are connected to the control signal line,
- the loop circuit is configured to be switched between activating the auxiliary drive circuit via a first state of an activation signal and deactivating the auxiliary drive circuit via a second state of the activation signal, and
- while the activation signal is in the first state, the auxiliary driving circuit is configured to accelerate the drive signal when the drive signal transitions from a high state to a low state.
7 more elements
An imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels;
- a control signal line connected to the plurality of pixels;
- a driving circuit configured to output a drive signal to the control signal line;
- and
- an auxiliary driving circuit configured to receive the drive signal propagated through the control signal line,
- wherein,
- the auxiliary driving circuit comprises a loop circuit having an input node and an output node,
- the input node and the output node of the loop circuit are connected to the control signal line, and
- the loop circuit is configured to be switched between activating the auxiliary drive circuit and deactivating the auxiliary drive circuit independently of the drive signal.
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An imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels;
- a control signal line connected to the plurality of pixels;
- a driving circuit configured to output a drive signal to the control signal line;
- and
- an auxiliary driving circuit configured to receive the drive signal propagated through the control signal line,
- wherein,
- the auxiliary driving circuit comprises a loop circuit having an input node and an output node,
- the input node and the output node of the loop circuit are connected to the control signal line,
- the driving circuit is configured to receive an activation signal, and output the drive signal to the control signal line according to the activation signal, and
- the loop circuit is configured to be switched between activating the auxiliary drive circuit and deactivating the auxiliary drive circuit according to the activation signal.
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An imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels are arranged in rows and columns;
- a plurality of control signal lines, each of the plurality of control signal lines is connected to the pixels arranged in the same row;
- a plurality of driving circuits;
- and
- a plurality of auxiliary driving circuits,
- wherein,
- each of the plurality of driving circuits is connected to a first end of one of the plurality of control signal lines,
- each of the auxiliary driving circuits comprises a loop circuit having a first input node, a second input node, and an output node,
- the first input node and the output node are connected to a second end of one of the control signal line, and
- each of the second input nodes is commonly connected to an activation signal line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.