Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, and image pickup apparatus driving method
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Application No.: US14973504Application Date: 2015-12-17
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Publication No.: US09985060B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Masahiro Kobayashi , Yuichiro Yamashita , Ginjiro Toyoguchi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2012-033356 20120217
- Main IPC: H01L27/14
- IPC: H01L27/14 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
Each of multiple pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit. A first holding unit is configured to hold a charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, at a location different from location of the photoelectric conversion unit. A second holding unit is configured to hold a charge held by the first holding unit at a location different from locations of both of the first holding unit and the photoelectric conversion unit. An amplifying unit includes an input node different from the second holding unit and is configured to output a signal based on a charge transferred to the input node from the second holding unit. A first discharge unit includes a charge draining node which is electrically connected to a line where a predetermined voltage is supplied. The first discharge unit discharges a charge held by the first holding unit to the charge draining node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160104732A1 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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