发明申请
- 专利标题: Method for driving solid-state imaging apparatus and solid-state imaging apparatus
- 专利标题(中): 用于驱动固态成像装置和固态成像装置的方法
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申请号: US11483746申请日: 2006-07-10
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公开(公告)号: US20070023785A1公开(公告)日: 2007-02-01
- 发明人: Tsuyoshi Hasuka , Ryoichi Nagayoshi , Keijirou Itakura , Izumi Shimizu , Yoshiaki Kato
- 申请人: Tsuyoshi Hasuka , Ryoichi Nagayoshi , Keijirou Itakura , Izumi Shimizu , Yoshiaki Kato
- 申请人地址: JP Kadoma-shi
- 专利权人: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
- 当前专利权人: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Kadoma-shi
- 优先权: JPJP2005-216295 20050726
- 主分类号: H01L27/148
- IPC分类号: H01L27/148 ; H04N5/335
摘要:
A driving method is applied to a solid-state imaging apparatus having photoelectric conversion portions, transfer portion for reading out signal charges, and an excess charge draining portion for draining charges exceeding a saturation charge amount that is set by a reference voltage. One of driving modes is selected from a full pixel mode in which accumulated signal charges are detected individually for each pixel and a pixel mixing mode in which signal charges of a predetermined number of pixels are mixed to be detected. In the full pixel mode, the draining portion is supplied with the reference voltage having the same value during a charge accumulation period and a read transfer period for read transferring charges. In the pixel mixing mode, the draining portion is supplied with the reference voltage having a low level during the charge accumulation period and the reference voltage having a high level during the read transfer period. An appropriate driving for the pixel mixing mode can be performed by avoiding a limitation of a substrate voltage, without deteriorating the spectral characteristics, the sensitivity, nor the linearity.