Photoelectric converting device.
    1.
    发明公开
    Photoelectric converting device. 失效
    一种光电转换装置。

    公开(公告)号:EP0206649A1

    公开(公告)日:1986-12-30

    申请号:EP86304481

    申请日:1986-06-11

    Applicant: CANON KK

    CPC classification number: H01L27/14681 H01L31/1105

    Abstract: A photoelectric converting device is provided with photoelectric converting cells. Each cell is provided with a semiconductor transistor and a capacitor. The transistor is composed of two main electrode semiconductor areas (15, 4) of a conductivity type and a control electrode semiconductor area (9) of opposite conductivity type. The capacitor controls the potential of said control electrode area in a floating state. The cell is capable of an accumulating operation for accumulating photo-induced carriers in said control electrode area, a read- out operation for reading an output controlled by a voltage generated by said accumulation, and a refreshing operation for dissipating the carriers accumulated in said control electrode area, by means of controlling the potential of said control electrode area in floating state through said capacitor. The device comprises a semiconductor area (33) of a high concentration and of a same conductive type as that of said control electrode area in an element isolation area which is provided in said main electrode area for electrically isolating said photoelectric converting cells, thereby constituting a transistor structure in combination with said control electrode area.

    Solid-state image pickup device
    2.
    发明公开
    Solid-state image pickup device 失效
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    公开(公告)号:EP0813339A3

    公开(公告)日:1998-10-14

    申请号:EP97304011

    申请日:1997-06-10

    Applicant: CANON KK

    CPC classification number: H04N5/361 H04N5/378

    Abstract: In order to obtain a reference output from which density nonuniformity and fixed pattern noise are removed using OB pixels (1) in a solid-state image pickup device, a solid-state image pickup device which has a plurality of storage units (3) for storing pixel signals output from a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (11), which are formed on a single semiconductor substrate and at least two of which are shielded from light, in correspondence with the photoelectric conversion elements. Pixel signal outputs from the shielded photoelectric conversion elements (1) are subjected to averaging processing on the storage units. Also, in the solid-state image pickup device, the storage units are formed of capacitances (3), which are electrically and temporarily connected to each other (5) to attain the averaging processing.

    Abstract translation: 为了获得在固态图像拾取装置中使用OB像素(1)去除密度不均匀性和固定图案噪声的参考输出,提供了一种固态图像拾取装置,其具有多个存储单元(3),用于 对应于光电转换元件存储从形成在单个半导体基板上的多个光电转换元件(11)输出的像素信号,并且其中至少两个光电转换元件被遮光。 对来自屏蔽光电转换元件(1)的像素信号输出进行存储单元的平均处理。 而且,在固态图像拾取装置中,存储单元由彼此电和临时连接(5)的电容(3)形成以实现平均化处理。

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    发明专利
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    公开(公告)号:DE69836608T2

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-27

    申请号:DE69836608

    申请日:1998-09-28

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: In a photoelectric conversion device having a plurality of pixel cells each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element (901), a first switch (911) for transferring charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element, a field effect transistor (903), having a gate area for receiving the transferred charge, for outputting a signal corresponding to the charge stored in the gate area, and a second switch (902) for resetting the gate area of the field effect transistor, it is determined that the threshold voltages of the first switch and the second are different from the threshold voltage of the field effect transistor.

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    发明专利
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    公开(公告)号:DE69830137T2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-19

    申请号:DE69830137

    申请日:1998-12-21

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: To output a color image signal of an arbitrary basic block and facilitate processing on the output side, an image pickup element including a plurality of photodetectors each having a color filter array, a vertical direction selection circuit for selecting in the vertical direction an arbitrary basic block having at least one of the plurality of photodetectors, a horizontal direction selection circuit for selecting the arbitrary basic block in the horizontal direction, and an output circuit for parallelly outputting outputs from the photodetectors in the arbitrary basic block selected by the vertical direction selection circuit and horizontal direction selection circuit is provided.

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    发明专利
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    公开(公告)号:DE69818365D1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-30

    申请号:DE69818365

    申请日:1998-07-15

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus is provided which can reduce FPNs as much as possible even if there is an unbalanced quantity between the capacitance values of a light signal capacitor CTS and a noise signal capacitor CTN, and can suppress FPNs as much as possible from being varied with irregular process precision degrees and operation conditions. The photoelectric conversion apparatus having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a noise signal holding unit for holding a noise signal read from each of the photoelectric conversion unit, a light signal holding unit for holding a light signal read from each of the photoelectric conversion unit a noise signal common output line, a light signal common output line, a reset unit for resetting the noise signal common output line and the light signal common output line, a reset voltage source connected to the reset unit, a read unit for reading the noise signal in the noise signal holding unit and the light signal in the light signal hodling unit through a capacitance division by capacitances of the noise signal common output line and the light singal common output line, respectively, wherein the reset voltage source is provied with a variable voltage unit.

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    发明专利
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    公开(公告)号:DE69331767T2

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-22

    申请号:DE69331767

    申请日:1993-12-30

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: An image sensor in which a plurality of filters are stacked on a light-receiving portion, and which photoelectrically converts an optical signal into an electrical signal, wherein a plurality of sensor arrays each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting an optical signal in a visible light range into an electrical signal by color-separating the optical signal, and a sensor array including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for converting an optical signal in an invisible light range into an electrical signal are arranged parallel to each other.

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    发明专利
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    公开(公告)号:DE69427882T2

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-11

    申请号:DE69427882

    申请日:1994-01-31

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising of picture element electrodes (25) provided on a first plane of a substrate (21,22) and an opposed electrode (29) placed opposedly to the picture element electrodes, between which a liquid crystal (26) is carried, characterized in that in a region of the substrate corresponding to the picture element electrodes is in the form of a concave hollow portion (23) extending from a second plane opposite the first plane of the substrate towards the first plane, the region being light translucent, and the concave portion (23) having a translucent material (36) enclosed therein.

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    公开(公告)号:DE3588227T2

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-09

    申请号:DE3588227

    申请日:1985-12-24

    Applicant: CANON KK

    Abstract: An image sensor device provided with a linear array of photoelectric converting elements each having a capacitor on a control electrode area of a semiconductor transistor is disclosed. The image sensor device is provided with means for sequentially selecting the photoelectric converting elements, and the potential of the control electrode area of the selected photoelectric converting element is controlled through said capacitor, thereby accumulating the carriers generated by photoexcitation in said control electrode area and reading a voltage generated according to the amount of carrier accumulation or dissipating thus accumulated carriers.

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