Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging system
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Application No.: US13159502Application Date: 2011-06-14
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Publication No.: US08970756B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Takashi Matsuda , Shin Kikuchi , Toru Koizumi
- Applicant: Takashi Matsuda , Shin Kikuchi , Toru Koizumi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2010-155260 20100707
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/32 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, wherein the pixel array has a region formed from one of an electrical conductor and a semiconductor to which a fixed electric potential is supplied, each pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated by the photoelectric converter into a voltage, and an amplification unit which amplifies a signal generated by the charge-voltage converter by a positive gain and outputs the amplified signal to an output line, and the output line comprising a shielding portion arranged to shield at least part of the charge-voltage converter with respect to the region.
Public/Granted literature
- US09007501B2 Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging system Public/Granted day:2015-04-14
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