Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image pickup device and image pickup system
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Application No.: US12481008Application Date: 2009-06-09
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Publication No.: US08173476B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Takanori Watanabe , Tetsuya Itano , Mahito Shinohara
- Applicant: Takanori Watanabe , Tetsuya Itano , Mahito Shinohara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2005-169780 20050609; JP2006-146796 20060526
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
There is provided an image pickup device, including a photoelectric conversion element converting light into charges, a transfer gate for transferring the converted charges to a floating node, a source follower transistor for outputting a signal based on a voltage of the floating node to a signal line, and a clip circuit clipping the signal line at a first voltage and a second voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090244340A1 IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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