发明名称 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM
摘要 There is provided an imaging device. In the imaging device, when a range of the signal amplitude available for a signal output from a pixel cell is small, a period, in which a signal in a buffer unit is output, is set shorter than that when the range is large.
申请公布号 US2015215555(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.07.30
申请号 US201514606708 申请日期 2015.01.27
申请人 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 发明人 Iwane Masaaki;Ohshitanai Kazuki;Okita Akira
分类号 H04N5/378;H04N5/376;H04N5/76 主分类号 H04N5/378
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An imaging device comprising: a pixel cell including a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, and an output unit; and a read-out circuit including a buffer unit configured to buffer a signal output from the output unit, a capacitor element configured to hold a signal output from the buffer unit, and a switching unit configured to switch a state, between the buffer unit and the capacitor element, between a conductive state and a non-conductive state, wherein the output unit outputs the first signal based on electric charges accumulated in the first photoelectric conversion unit, and the buffer unit outputs a first buffer signal obtained by buffering the first signal, the output unit outputs a second signal based on electric charges obtained by adding electric charges accumulated in the first photoelectric conversion unit and electric charges accumulated in the second photoelectric conversion unit, and the buffer unit outputs a second buffer signal obtained by buffering the second signal, and a period, in which the switching unit keeps a path between the buffer unit and the capacitor element in the conductive state to cause the capacitor element to hold the first buffer signal, is shorter than a period, in which the switching unit keeps the electrical path between the buffer unit and the capacitor element in the conductive state to cause the capacitor element to hold the second buffer signal.
地址 Tokyo JP