Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device
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Application No.: US15406824Application Date: 2017-01-16
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Publication No.: US09894297B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Hidenari Kanehara , Masashi Murakami , Takayoshi Yamada , Kazuko Nishimura , Yasuo Miyake
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2016-009458 20160121
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/376

Abstract:
An imaging device includes a pixel cell including: a first photoelectric converter that generates a first electrical signal; and a first signal detection circuit that detects the first electrical signal. The first signal detection circuit includes: a first transistor one of a source and a drain of which is electrically connected to the first photoelectric converter; a first capacitor having first and second ends, the first end being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor, a reference voltage being applied to the second end; and a second transistor having a gate electrically connected to the first photoelectric converter. The pixel cell outputs, in one frame period, a first image signal and a second image signal in sequence, the first image signal being output when the first transistor is off, the second image signal being output when the first transistor is on.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170214871A1 IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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