发明名称 SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND SIGNAL READING METHOD
摘要 A solid-state image pickup device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: electrically coupled substrates on which circuit elements constituting a pixel are arranged; a photoelectric conversion element included in the pixel; a reading circuit that reads from the pixel, a signal based on a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element; and first to n-th circuit sets each including a circuit element that reads a signal by a corresponding one of first to n-th reading modes. n is an integer such that n≧2. The circuit elements arranged on one of the substrates is used to complete operations from generation of the signal by the photoelectric conversion element to reading of the signal by at least one of the first to n-th reading modes. The photoelectric conversion element, the reading circuit, and at least one of the first to n-th circuit sets which corresponds to the at least one of the first to n-th reading modes, are arranged on the one of the substrates.
申请公布号 US2015256781(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.09.10
申请号 US201514717233 申请日期 2015.05.20
申请人 OLYMPUS CORPORATION 发明人 Nakajima Shinichi
分类号 H04N5/378;H04N5/3745;H04N5/353 主分类号 H04N5/378
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A solid-state image pickup device comprising: a plurality of substrates on which circuit elements constituting a pixel are arranged, the plurality of substrates being electrically coupled to one another; a photoelectric conversion element included in the pixel; a reading circuit configured to read from the pixel, a signal based on a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element; first to n-th circuit sets each comprising a circuit element configured to read a signal by a corresponding one of first to n-th reading modes; and a control circuit configured to control: the circuit elements arranged on one of the plurality of substrates, so as to complete operations from generation of the signal by the photoelectric conversion element to reading of the signal outward the solid-state image pickup device, using the circuit elements arranged on the one of the plurality of substrates, in the first reading modes, andthe circuit elements arranged on at least two of the plurality of substrates, so as to complete operations from generation of the signal by the photoelectric conversion element to reading of the signal outward the solid-state image pickup device, using the circuit elements arranged on the at least two of the plurality of substrates, in the second reading modes, wherein n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and the photoelectric conversion element, the reading circuit, and at least one of the first to n-th circuit sets which corresponds to the at least one of the first to n-th reading modes, are arranged on the one of the plurality of substrates.
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