发明名称 |
SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS |
摘要 |
A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes: two-dimensionally arrayed unit pixels, each including a PD performing optical-electrical conversion of an incident light; an FD and an output terminal provided for each of pixel groups, each including one or more pixels, the terminal being capable of outputting a noise signal and a signal-noise sum signal separately; first lines to which the terminals are connected in common and which are capable of holding voltages based on signals outputted from the terminals; second lines provided in parallel with the first lines and capable of holding a voltage; inter-transfer-line capacitive elements connecting the second lines and the first lines; a reset switch resetting each of the second lines to a reset voltage; a readout switch provided for each of the second lines; and a third line to which the second lines are connected in parallel via the readout switches, respectively. |
申请公布号 |
US2015029376(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.01.29 |
申请号 |
US201414513674 |
申请日期 |
2014.10.14 |
申请人 |
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
发明人 |
SUGAWA Shigetoshi;AKAHANE Nana;ADACHI Satoru |
分类号 |
H04N5/359;H04N5/378;H04N5/374 |
主分类号 |
H04N5/359 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising:
a plurality of two-dimensionally arrayed unit pixels, each of the unit pixels including an optical-electrical conversion element performing optical-electrical conversion of an incident light; a charge conversion element and an output terminal provided for each of a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group including one or more of the unit pixels, the charge conversion element converting a signal charge optical-electrical converted by the optical-electrical conversion element of each of the unit pixels in the pixel group to voltage or current, and the output terminal being capable of outputting a noise signal that occurs at the time of resetting the charge conversion element and a signal-noise sum signal obtained by adding a signal that has occurred by optical-electrical conversion to the noise signal separately; a plurality of first transfer lines to which the output terminals of a plurality of the pixel groups are connected in common, the plurality of first transfer lines being capable of holding voltages based on signals outputted from the output terminals; a plurality of second transfer lines provided in parallel with the first transfer lines, the plurality of second transfer lines being capable of holding a voltage; inter-transfer-line capacitive elements connecting the second transfer lines and the first transfer lines; a reset switch resetting each of the second transfer lines to a reset voltage; a readout switch provided for each of the second transfer lines; and a third transfer line to which the second transfer lines are connected in parallel via the readout switches, respectively. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |