Method and system for reducing noise in an image sensor using a parallel multi-ramps merged comparator analog-to-digital converter

O Bulteel - US Patent 10,015,429, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of reducing noise in an image sensor using a parallel multi-ramps merged
comparator analog-to-digital converter (ADC) starts with a pixel array capturing image data …

Imaging apparatus and imaging system for performing ad conversion on signal output from pixels

D Yoshida, H Totsuka - US Patent 10,015,421, 2018 - Google Patents
A first ramp signal having a potential which is changed with time in a first amplitude range in
a first period and a second ramp signal in which a potential is changed with time in a second …

Image sensing device

S Jung-Eun, JS Kim, S Min-Seok… - US Patent App. 14 …, 2017 - Google Patents
An image sensing device includes a readout circuit suitable for sequentially generating a
plurality of image signals corresponding to each pixel signal, based on a ramp clock and a …

Analog-to-digital conversion method, analog-to-digital converter and image sensor

Z Li, J Guo - US Patent 11,870,455, 2024 - Google Patents
An analog-to-digital conversion method, an analog-to-digital converter and an image
sensor, are provided. The analog-to-digital conversion method includes a first conversion …