Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and camera
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Application No.: US15070351Application Date: 2016-03-15
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Publication No.: US10084980B2Publication Date: 2018-09-25
- Inventor: Takashi Moriyama , Kazuaki Tashiro , Tatsuhito Goden , Toshiaki Ono
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2015-069808 20150330
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor includes an image sensing unit in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed, a plurality of readout units configured to read out signals from the image sensing unit, a detector configured to detect an occurrence of a latch-up in each of the plurality of readout units, and a controller configured to control power supply to the plurality of readout units. The plurality of readout units are configured to read out signals from a same pixel in the image sensing unit. The controller is configured to shut off power supply to at least part of a readout unit in which the occurrence of the latch-up has been detected out of the plurality of readout units and thereafter supply power to the at least part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160295140A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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