Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor capable of correcting noise caused by dark charge of a floating diffusion portion, control method therefor, and image capturing apparatus
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Application No.: US15459821Application Date: 2017-03-15
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Publication No.: US10205904B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Hirokazu Kobayashi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2016-054462 20160317
- Main IPC: H04N5/361
- IPC: H04N5/361 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An image sensor has a plurality of unit pixels each provided with a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a floating diffusion portion, and an analog-digital converter. The analog-digital converter is controlled to: convert a reset level of the floating diffusion portion by counting in a first or second direction to acquire a first noise signal, acquire a first optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a first photo charge accumulated in a first photoelectric conversion portion, acquire a second noise signal by counting in the second direction a potential that the floating diffusion portion has after the first optical signal is acquired, and acquire a second optical signal by counting in the first direction an analog signal of a second photo charge accumulated in a second photoelectric conversion portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170272675A1 IMAGE SENSOR, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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