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US09338377B2 Solid-state image pickup device having a level shift unit and signal processing unit where a voltage range supplied to the level shift unit is wider than a voltage range supplied to the signal processing unit 有权
具有电平移位单元和信号处理单元的固态图像拾取装置,其中提供给电平移位单元的电压范围比提供给信号处理单元的电压范围宽

Solid-state image pickup device having a level shift unit and signal processing unit where a voltage range supplied to the level shift unit is wider than a voltage range supplied to the signal processing unit
Abstract:
Dark current from a transfer transistor is suppressed and power-supply voltage in a second semiconductor substrate is lowered. A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array, a plurality of common output lines receiving signals read out from a plurality of pixels, a transfer scanning unit sequentially driving the plurality of transfer transistors, a signal processing unit processing the signals output to the common signal lines, and a level shift unit making amplitude of a pulse supplied to a gate of the transfer transistor larger than amplitude of a pulse supplied to a gate of a transistor constituting the signal processing unit. The pixel array and the level shift unit are arranged on a first semiconductor substrate, whereas the plurality of common output lines and the signal processing unit are arranged on a second semiconductor substrate.
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