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- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensing device, method for reading signal of solid-state image sensing device, and image pickup apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固体摄像装置,固态摄像装置的信号读取方法以及摄像装置
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Application No.: US13467338Application Date: 2012-05-09
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Publication No.: US08462243B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Masaki Sakakibara
- Applicant: Masaki Sakakibara
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Sheridan Ross P.C.
- Priority: JP2008-017120 20080129
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
An image sensor including a pixel array having vertical signal lines, each interconnected to one of columns of the pixel array, and a column processor including a unit readout circuit provided for each of sets of a predetermined number of columns. The unit readout circuit includes input switches, each connected to a corresponding one of the vertical signal lines and being sequentially turned on and off, an input capacitor having one end commonly connected to the input switches, a reference switch for selectively providing a reference voltage to the input capacitor, an operational amplifier connected to the other end of the input capacitor, a reset switch for selectively providing a short-circuit between input and output ends of the operational amplifier, and a feedback circuit provided for each of the columns and including a feedback switch and a feedback capacitor connected in series between the two ends of the operational amplifier.
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