Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US16059485Application Date: 2018-08-09
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Publication No.: US10785430B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Makoto Ikuma , Takahiro Muroshima , Takayasu Kito , Hiroyuki Amikawa , Tetsuya Abe
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@2b4adc3c
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/378 ; G02B26/10 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel including a photoelectric converter that generates a charge and a charge accumulator that converts the charge into a voltage; a controller that causes the pixel to perform exposure in a first exposure mode and convert the charge into the voltage with a first gain to output a first pixel signal, and causes the pixel to perform exposure in a second exposure mode and convert the charge into the voltage with a second gain to output a second pixel signal, the second exposure mode being shorter in exposure time than the first exposure mode, and the second gain being lower than the first gain; and a signal processor that synthesizes the second pixel signal after amplification and the first pixel signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180376083A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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