WO2012074287A3 - Adc for removing column fixed pattern noise and cmos image sensor including same - Google Patents

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WO2012074287A3
WO2012074287A3 PCT/KR2011/009198 KR2011009198W WO2012074287A3 WO 2012074287 A3 WO2012074287 A3 WO 2012074287A3 KR 2011009198 W KR2011009198 W KR 2011009198W WO 2012074287 A3 WO2012074287 A3 WO 2012074287A3
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송민규
문준호
김대윤
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동국대학교 산학협력단
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/63—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise applied to dark current
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12—Analogue/digital converters
    • H03M1/50—Analogue/digital converters with intermediate conversion to time interval
    • H03M1/56—Input signal compared with linear ramp

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The present invention relates to an ADC for removing fixed pattern noise, in which the ADC comprises: a comparison unit which compares an input voltage (VIN) with a ramp input increasing with a constant slope according to time, and outputs the comparison result to a sync-shift block unit; the sync-shift block unit which shifts a sync signal, on the basis of information for C-FPN removal received from a memory for C-FPN removal and the comparison result of the comparison unit; an n-bit counter which outputs an n-bit digital counter output value to an n-bit memory or a memory for C-FPN removal; the n-bit memory which stores the digital counter output value of the n-bit counter using the shifted sync signal; and the memory for C-FPN removal which provides the sync-shift block unit with the digital counter output value of the n-bit counter corresponding to a reference voltage, wherein the sync signal is a signal used to determine the digital counter output value of the n-bit counter. A difference of conversion characteristics between column ADCs is solved, so that the C-FPN characteristic in a CIS can be removed to implement an improved image.
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