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    • 3. 发明公开
    • ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER FOR IMAGE SENSOR READOUT
    • EP4178197A1
    • 2023-05-10
    • EP21206179.0
    • 2021-11-03
    • Teledyne Innovaciones Microelectrónicas, SLU
    • SEGOVIA, Jose AngelGONZALEZ MARQUEZ, AnaDOMINGUEZ CASTRO, RafaelCHARLET, AlexanderVILLEGAS, Alberto
    • H04N5/357H04N5/355H03M3/00H03M1/16
    • An analogue to digital converter for converting the analogue output of a dual conversion gain pixel of an image sensor. The dual conversion gain pixel is operable to sequentially output a reset pixel value and a signal pixel value sequentially with both a first gain and a second gain different to the first gain. The analogue to digital converter comprises analogue storage for storing the reset pixel value output with the first gain. The analogue to digital converter further comprises a converter stage arranged to sequentially sample a first analogue input indicative of a reset pixel value of the dual conversion gain pixel and a second analogue input indicative of a signal pixel value of the dual conversion gain pixel. The converter stage is configured to sequentially sample the first input and the second input and output a digital value indicative of a difference between the first input and the second input. The analogue to digital converter further comprises circuitry configured to sequentially provide the reset pixel value output with the second gain as a first input to the converter stage and the signal pixel value output with the second gain as a second input to the converter stage such that the converter stage sequentially samples the first and second inputs and outputs a first digital value indicative of a difference between the reset pixel value output with the second gain and the signal pixel value output with the second gain. The circuitry is further configured to provide the reset pixel value output with the first gain and stored in the analogue storage as a first input to the converter stage and the signal pixel value output with the first gain as a second input to the converter stage wherein the converter stage is configured to sample the first and second inputs and output a differential signal indicative of a difference between the reset pixel value output with the first gain and the signal pixel value output with the first gain. An image sensor comprising the analogue to digital converter, a system comprising the image sensor and a method are also described herein.