US 11,838,672 B2
Solid-state imaging element, imaging apparatus, and control method of solid-state imaging element
Masaki Sakakibara, Kanagawa (JP); and Ryohei Kawasaki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,920.
Application 17/474,920 is a continuation of application No. 16/605,400, granted, now 11,146,751, previously published as PCT/JP2018/014227, filed on Apr. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-086006 (JP), filed on Apr. 25, 2017; and application No. 2017-139567 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409637 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/48 (2023.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/778 (2023.01) [H04N 25/48 (2023.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A light detecting device, comprising:
a pixel array including:
a first pixel that includes a photoelectric conversion section, wherein the first pixel is configured to output a first analog signal and a second analog signal;
a first analog-digital converter configured to convert the first analog signal into a first digital signal;
a second analog-digital converter configured to convert the second analog signal into a second digital signal, wherein a resolution of the first digital signal is different from a resolution of the second digital signal; and
a second pixel different from the first pixel, wherein the second pixel includes only one analog-digital converter.