Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging apparatus with each pixel including a photoelectric converter portion and plural holding portions
- Patent Title (中): 每个像素包括光电转换器部分和多个保持部分的固态成像装置
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Application No.: US12933471Application Date: 2009-04-30
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Publication No.: US08625010B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Yuichiro Yamashita , Masahiro Kobayashi , Takanori Watanabe , Shinsuke Kojima , Takeshi Ichikawa , Yusuke Onuki
- Applicant: Yuichiro Yamashita , Masahiro Kobayashi , Takanori Watanabe , Shinsuke Kojima , Takeshi Ichikawa , Yusuke Onuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2008-120408 20080502
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/058791 WO 20090430
- International Announcement: WO2009/133967 WO 20091105
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of pixels each including: a first holding portion for holding signal carriers from a photoelectric conversion portion; an amplifying portion for amplifying and reading a signal based on the signal carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion portion; and a carrier discharging control portion for discharging charge carriers in the photoelectric conversion portion to an OFD region, and having a carrier path between the photoelectric conversion portion and the first carrier holding portion, in which the solid-state imaging apparatus further includes a second carrier holding portion electrically connected with the first carrier portion in parallel through a first transfer unit, when viewed from an output node of the photoelectric conversion portion, thereby smoothing an movie imaging without causing discontinuous frame while suppressing generation of noise mixing into the charge carrier holding portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110007196A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-01-13
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