Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device including an imaging cell having variable sensitivity
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Application No.: US17243170Application Date: 2021-04-28
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Publication No.: US11438539B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Katsuya Nozawa , Yasuo Miyake
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2016-095055 20160511,JP2016-095056 20160511
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/355 ; G01S17/36 ; G01S17/894 ; H01L27/144 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/351 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An imaging system includes a first illuminator that emits light whose intensity varies with time; and a first imaging device that comprises a first imaging cell; and a first bias control line. The first imaging cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically connected to the first bias control line, and a photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. During a first period from a reset of the first imaging cell until a readout of signal charge accumulated in the first imaging cell, the first bias control line supplies to the second electrode a first bias control signal. The first bias control signal is synchronized with the intensity of the light varying with time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210266481A1 IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING AN IMAGING CELL HAVING VARIABLE SENSITIVITY Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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