Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, module, electronic device, and method of operating the imaging device
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Application No.: US15258011Application Date: 2016-09-07
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Publication No.: US10033952B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Takuro Ohmaru
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2015-178407 20150910; JP2015-178420 20150910
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
An imaging device whose dynamic range can be wide with a simple structure is provided. In a circuit configuration and an operation method of the imaging device, whether a charge detection portion provided in a pixel is saturated with electrons is determined and an operation mode is changed depending on the determination result. First imaging data is captured first, and is read out in the case where the charge detection portion is not saturated with electrons. In the case where the charge detection portion is saturated with electrons, the saturation of the charge detection portion is eliminated and second imaging data is captured and read out.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170078606A1 IMAGING DEVICE, MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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