Having Charging Or Discharging Of Energy Storage Device Patents (Class 708/838)
  • Patent number: 10748958
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: plural photodiodes formed in different depths in a unit pixel area of a substrate; and plural vertical transistors formed in the depth direction from one face side of the substrate so that gate portions for reading signal charges obtained by photoelectric conversion in the plural photodiodes are formed in depths corresponding to the respective photodiodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Taiichiro Watanabe, Akihiro Yamada, Hideo Kido, Hiromasa Saito, Keiji Mabuchi, Yuko Ohgishi
  • Patent number: 10601431
    Abstract: A time-to-voltage converter is configured to generate an output voltage signal and a correlated reference voltage signal. The time-to-voltage converter includes a current source configured to generate a bias current through a current source output node. The time-to-voltage converter includes a first switched-capacitor circuit coupled to the current source output node and configured to generate the output voltage signal based on an input time signal and the bias current during a first interval. The time-to-voltage converter includes a second switched-capacitor circuit coupled to the current source output node and configured to generate the correlated reference voltage signal based on a reference time signal and the bias current during a second interval. The first interval and the second interval are non-overlapping intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron J. Caffee, Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Brian G. Drost, Volodymyr Kratyuk
  • Publication number: 20090144354
    Abstract: An imaging device that improves properties for multiplying signal charges. The imaging device includes an accumulation section which accumulates signal charges. A transfer section transfers the signal charges accumulated in the accumulation section. A multiplier section increases the signal charges accumulated in the accumulation section. The transfer section includes a first insulating member arranged on a substrate and a first electrode arranged on the first insulating member. The multiplier section includes a second insulating member arranged on the substrate and a second electrode arranged on the second insulating member. The second insulating member has a thickness which is greater than that of the first insulating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kaori Misawa, Ryu Shimizu, Mamoru Arimoto, Hayato Nakashima