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SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

  • US 20100026814A1
  • Filed: 06/26/2007
  • Published: 02/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A solid-state image pickup device characterized by comprising:

  • a solid-state image pickup element that reads, on the basis of a first clock, captured image data items from unit pixels 21 that are arranged two-dimensionally;

    a second clock generation unit that generates a second clock having an operating frequency higher than that of the first clock;

    an arrangement processing unit that rearranges the captured image data items read from the solid-state image pickup element into bit data sequences;

    a data transmission unit that includes a plurality of differential amplifiers for transmitting the bit data sequences rearranged by the arrangement processing unit through a plurality of differential transmission channels to the outside, the differential amplifiers transmitting the bit data sequences to the outside on the basis of the second clock; and

    a control unit that drives differential amplifiers, the number of which is proportional to a transmission speed at which the captured image data items are transmitted to the outside.

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