JP4819561B2 - 固体撮像装置 - Google Patents
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- 入射光量に応じた量の電荷を発生するフォトダイオードと該電荷を蓄積する電荷蓄積部とを各々有する複数の画素部を含み、電荷蓄積動作制御信号が指示する期間に前記複数の画素部それぞれにおいて前記フォトダイオードで発生した電荷を前記電荷蓄積部により蓄積する撮像用受光部と、
入射光量に応じた量の電荷を発生するトリガ用フォトダイオードを含むトリガ用受光部と、
前記電荷蓄積動作制御信号が指示する前記期間の後に、前記複数の画素部それぞれの前記電荷蓄積部に蓄積された電荷の量に応じたデジタル値(以下「画素データ」という。)を出力する撮像用AD変換回路と、前記撮像用AD変換回路が前記画素データを出力していない期間に、前記トリガ用受光部で発生した電荷の量に応じたデジタル値(以下「トリガ用データ」という。)を出力するトリガ用AD変換回路と、を含む出力部と、
前記出力部から出力された前記トリガ用データを入力し、このトリガ用データの絶対値が閾値より大きいときに前記撮像用受光部の前記複数の画素部それぞれに対して電荷蓄積動作を指示する前記電荷蓄積動作制御信号を生成するとともに、前記出力部による前記画素データおよび前記トリガ用データそれぞれの各ビットの出力タイミングに同期したクロック信号を出力する制御部と、
を備え、
前記撮像用AD変換回路と比較して前記トリガ用AD変換回路が低消費電力かつ低速で動作する
ことを特徴とする固体撮像装置。 - 前記撮像用AD変換回路と比較して前記トリガ用AD変換回路が低出力ビット数で動作する、ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の固体撮像装置。
- 前記出力部が前記画素データおよび前記トリガ用データを共通の出力信号線へ出力することを特徴とする請求項1記載の固体撮像装置。
- 前記トリガ用受光部が、前記撮像用受光部を取り囲んで設けられている1つのトリガ用フォトダイオードを含む、ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の固体撮像装置。
- 前記トリガ用受光部が、前記撮像用受光部の周囲に設けられ互いに接続されている複数のトリガ用フォトダイオードを含む、ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の固体撮像装置。
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| JP2006119497A JP4819561B2 (ja) | 2006-04-24 | 2006-04-24 | 固体撮像装置 |
| PCT/JP2007/058738 WO2007125865A1 (ja) | 2006-04-24 | 2007-04-23 | 固体撮像装置 |
| US12/298,264 US8119966B2 (en) | 2006-04-24 | 2007-04-23 | Solid-state image pickup device suppressing power consumption in case of increase in imaging pixels or speed by controlling imaging A/D converting circuit by signal from low power triggering A/D converting circuit |
| EP07742173.3A EP2012529B1 (en) | 2006-04-24 | 2007-04-23 | Solid-state imaging device |
| CN2007800149264A CN101433079B (zh) | 2006-04-24 | 2007-04-23 | 固体摄像装置 |
| TW096114470A TWI428013B (zh) | 2006-04-24 | 2007-04-24 | Solid-state imaging device |
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