Counter, counting method, ad converter, solid-state imaging device, and electronic device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9871986
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14691290

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A counter configured to perform counting at both edges of an input clock to output an additional value or a subtraction value for a previous count value and a next count value includes a first latch circuit that latches the input clock, a second latch circuit that latches an output from the first latch circuit, a holding section that holds data of the 0th bit of a count value, and a correction section that performs count correction on data of the first and subsequent bits of the count value on the basis of an output of the second latch circuit.

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  • SONY CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hisamatsu, Yasuaki Fukuoka, JP 26 318

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