Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US15185882Application Date: 2016-06-17
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Publication No.: US10044953B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Shunsuke Okura , Shinji Ohsawa , Norio Yoshimura
- Applicant: Brillnics Japan Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Brillnics Japan Inc.
- Current Assignee: Brillnics Japan Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-123573 20150619
- Main IPC: H04N5/359
- IPC: H04N5/359 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/345

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device capable of reducing an area of a chip, capable of realizing both reduction of voltage and prevention of inversion video noise and consequently capable of realizing a higher image quality having a pixel portion and a clipping circuit capable of clipping a pixel readout voltage in accordance with a clipping voltage, wherein the pixel includes a photo-electric conversion element PD, a transfer element capable of transferring a charge accumulated in the photo-electric conversion element in a transfer period, a floating diffusion FD to which the charge accumulated in the photo-electric conversion element is transferred through a transfer element, a source-follower element which converts the charge in the floating diffusion to a voltage signal in accordance with a charge quantity, and a reset element which resets the floating diffusion to a predetermined potential in a resetting period, and the clipping circuit is arranged in an ineffective region of the pixel portion, a driving method for the same, and an electronic apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160373673A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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