PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16162919
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["341", "164000"]

Abstract:
The present technology relates to an image sensor, an electronic apparatus, a comparator, and a drive method which enable achievement of a noise reduction while maintaining high speed of AD conversion. An ADC for performing AD conversion for an electrical signal output from a pixel includes a comparator that compares the electrical signal and a reference signal, a level of which is changed and a counter that counts time necessary for a change of the reference signal to a coincidence of the electrical signal and the reference signal on the basis of output signals from the comparator. The comparator includes a differential amplifier that outputs a comparison result signal indicating a comparison result obtained by comparing the electrical signal and the reference signal and a plurality of output amplifiers that outputs signals obtained by amplifying the comparison result signal output from the differential amplifier as the output signals at different timings. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an ADC that performs AD conversion for an electrical signal output from a pixel.

Claim (Index 28):
The electric apparatus according to  claim 22 ,\n wherein the differential amplifier is configured to output a comparison result signal based on a comparison result obtained by comparing an electrical signal from the signal line and a reference signal from the reference signal output circuitry.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42105
- Patent Class: 341.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15989543', '13755798', '13755899', '15852145', '13653008']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6282560637645109
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5382493216560781
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6192553895536677
- Mean Citation Score: 272.125078
- Max Citation Score: 362.71072
- Similarity Product: 280.4830078465652

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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