Patent ID: 11950009
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 5, wherein
the predetermined voltage includes an upper limit voltage indicating an upper limit of the voltage range and a lower limit voltage indicating a lower limit of the voltage range,
the voltage comparison result includes an upper limit-side comparison result indicating a comparison result between the analog signal and the upper limit voltage, and a lower limit-side comparison result indicating a comparison result between the analog signal and the lower limit voltage,
the counter includes a front-stage counter and a rear-stage counter, and
the selection unit includes
a front-stage selector that selects either one of the upper limit-side comparison result and the lower limit-side comparison result, or the reference signal comparison result, and supplies the selected comparison result to the front-stage counter, and
a rear-stage selector that selects the other of the upper limit-side comparison result and the lower limit-side comparison result, or an output bit of the front-stage counter, and supplies the selected result to the rear-stage counter.