Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image pick-up apparatus, image pick-up system, and method of driving solid-state image pick-up apparatus
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Application No.: US14746678Application Date: 2015-06-22
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Publication No.: US09748303B2Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Daisuke Inoue , Yasuharu Ota
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2014-130414 20140625
- Main IPC: H04N5/361
- IPC: H04N5/361 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A solid-state image pick-up apparatus of an example includes a photoelectric conversion portion, a transfer transistor configured to transfer a charge in the photoelectric conversion portion, and a signal output circuit configured to supply selectively a first voltage to turn on the transfer transistor and a second voltage to turn off the transfer transistor to the transfer transistor. The signal output circuit is configured to supply the second voltage having a voltage value selected from two or more different voltage values based on an output signal from a pixel.
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