发明名称 |
SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE |
摘要 |
Provided is a method of controlling a solid-state image pickup device according to an embodiment, the method including: resetting a potential of a floating diffusion shared by a plurality of photodiodes; sequentially transferring signal charges, which are photoelectrically converted by the photodiodes, to the floating diffusion in which the potential is reset, in a sequence allocated to the photodiodes, thereby accumulating the transferred signal charges in the floating diffusion; performing a sampling operation on a voltage signal corresponding to the potential of the floating diffusion every time when the signal charge is completely transferred to the floating diffusion from the photodiode; and calculating the voltage signal corresponding to the signal charge transferred to the floating diffusion for each of the photodiodes, based on a difference between two of the voltage signals which are continuously subjected to the sampling operation. |
申请公布号 |
US2016014358(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.01.14 |
申请号 |
US201514789313 |
申请日期 |
2015.07.01 |
申请人 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
发明人 |
ITOH Shinya |
分类号 |
H04N5/369;H04N5/357;H04N5/355;H04N5/378;H04N5/353;H04N5/3745 |
主分类号 |
H04N5/369 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A method of controlling a solid-state image pickup device, comprising:
resetting a potential of a floating diffusion shared by a plurality of photodiodes; sequentially transferring signal charges, which are photoelectrically converted by the photodiodes, to the floating diffusion in which the potential is reset, in a sequence allocated to the photodiodes, thereby accumulating the transferred signal charges in the floating diffusion; performing a sampling operation on a voltage signal corresponding to the potential of the floating diffusion every time when the signal charge is completely transferred to the floating diffusion from one of the photodiodes; and calculating the voltage signal corresponding to the signal charge transferred to the floating diffusion for each of the photodiodes, based on a difference between two of the voltage signals which are continuously subjected to the sampling operation. |
地址 |
Minato-ku JP |