IC (INTEGRATED CIRCUIT), IMAGE SENSOR IC, IMAGE SENSOR MODULE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable connection of various position sensors in an imaging apparatus and improve versatility of a control circuit, and to suppress an increase in a circuit area of the control circuit as much as possible.SOLUTION: There is provided an IC which has a first voltage input section, a second voltage input section, a processing section that processes an input voltage to the first voltage input section and the second voltage input section, an output section that outputs a driving voltage according to a processing result of the processing section, and switching means that switches an operation state of the processing section between a first operation state and a second operation state, where in the first operation state, the processing section outputs a signal obtained by processing the input voltage to the first voltage input section and the second voltage input section as a differential voltage from the output section, and in the second operation state, the processing section outputs a signal obtained by processing the respective input voltages to the first voltage input section and the second voltage input section as non-differential voltages from the output section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】撮像装置において各種の位置センサを接続可能にして制御回路の汎用性を高めつつ、更には、このような制御回路の回路面積の増大を可及的に抑制する。【解決手段】第１電圧入力部と、第２電圧入力部と、前記第１電圧入力部と前記第２電圧入力部への入力電圧を処理する処理部と、前記処理部の処理結果に応じた駆動電圧を出力する出力部と、前記処理部の動作状態を第１動作状態と第２動作状態とで切り替える切替手段とを有し、前記第１動作状態においては、前記出力部から、前記処理部が前記第１電圧入力部と前記第２電圧入力部への入力電圧を差動電圧として処理した信号を出力し、前記第２動作状態においては、前記出力部から、前記処理部が前記第１電圧入力部と前記第２電圧入力部への入力電圧を各々非差動電圧として処理した信号を出力することを特徴とするＩＣ。【選択図】図２