Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, and method for driving image capturing apparatus
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Application No.: US14951044Application Date: 2015-11-24
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Publication No.: US09762839B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Seiichirou Sakai , Hideo Kobayashi , Yu Maehashi
- 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: JP2014-243566 20141201
- Main IPC: H04N5/376
- IPC: H04N5/376 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of current sources each including a first transistor, a first switch, a second transistor connected to a vertical signal line via the first switch, and a second switch. The gate of the first transistor is connected to a common connecting line, and the gate of the second transistor is connected to the common connecting line via the second switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160156860A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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