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- Patent Title: Imaging device and endoscope system
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Application No.: US17942360Application Date: 2022-09-12
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Publication No.: US12108176B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Yoshio Hagihara
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N25/709
- IPC: H04N25/709 ; H04N25/771

Abstract:
An imaging device includes a voltage generation circuit and an output circuit. The voltage generation circuit includes a first capacitance element including a fifth terminal. The voltage generation circuit is configured to provide the fifth terminal with a first voltage in accordance with a power source voltage so as to store an electric charge in the first capacitance element. The voltage generation circuit is configured to increase a voltage of the fifth terminal by a second voltage in accordance with the power source voltage so as to generate a control voltage having a greater absolute value than an absolute value of the power source voltage. The output circuit is configured to output the control voltage to at least one of a gate terminal of a reset transistor of a pixel and a gate terminal of a transfer transistor of the pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230007196A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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