- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging device having a switchable conversion gain in the floating diffusion, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US15637519Application Date: 2017-06-29
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Publication No.: US09961262B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Shunsuke Okura , Isao Takayanagi
- Applicant: Brillnics Japan Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Brillnics Japan Inc.
- Current Assignee: Brillnics Japan Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-098806 20150514
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/355 ; H01L27/146 ; H01L29/94 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/347

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device and a method therefore capable of suppressing occurrence of motion distortion are provided. Each pixel includes a photo diode PD which accumulates a charge generated by photo-electric conversion in an accumulation period, a transfer transistor capable of transferring the accumulated charge in a transfer period, a floating diffusion FD to which the charge accumulated in the photo diode PD is transferred, a source-follower transistor which converts the charge of the floating diffusion FD to a voltage signal in accordance with the charge quantity, and a capacity changing portion capable of changing the capacity of the floating diffusion FD in accordance with a capacity changing signal, the capacity of the floating diffusion FD being changed by the capacity changing portion in a predetermined period in one readout period with respect to the accumulation period and a conversion gain being switched in this one readout period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170302836A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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