Patent ID: 8941765
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: a plurality of first pixels, each of which outputs a first pixel signal which depends on an incident physical quantity; a plurality of second pixels, each of which outputs a second pixel signal which depends on the incident physical quantity; a ramp wave generator that outputs a ramp signal that monotonously increases or monotonously decreases over time; a phase shift pulse generator that outputs first to n-th phase shift pulse signals which differ from one another in phase in response to an input pulse signal; a first pixel latch group that latches the first to n-th phase shift pulse signals when the first pixel signal and the ramp signal have a predetermined relationship and that includes an alignment in a row of a plurality of first latches each of which includes an alignment in column of first to n-th first latch units; a second pixel latch group that latches the first to n-th phase shift pulse signals when the second pixel signal and the ramp signal have the predetermined relationship and that includes an alignment in a row of a plurality of second latches each of which includes an alignment in column of first to n-th second latch units; first to n-th power source lines to supply a power source; and first to n-th phase shift pulse supply lines to supply the phase shift pulse signals, wherein the i-th power source line is to supply power to the i-th first latch units and the i-th second latch units, wherein the i-th phase shift pulse supply line is to supply the i-th phase shift pulse signal to the i-th first latch units and the j-th second latch units, and wherein n is a natural number greater than 1, i is a natural number equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or smaller than n, and j is a natural number equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or smaller than n, and different from i.