US 12,238,444 B2
Image sensor and signal converting method
Jung Han Lee, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,338.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0088438 (KR), filed on Jul. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0022834 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/78 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/78 (2023.01) 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor comprising:
a first capacitor configured to sample a coarse ramp signal;
a second capacitor configured to sample a sum of a voltage of the first capacitor and a fine ramp signal;
a comparator configured to generate a comparison signal obtained by comparing a pixel voltage received from a pixel with the voltage of the first capacitor or a voltage of the second capacitor; and
a data output unit configured to output bit data corresponding to the pixel, based on the comparison signal.