Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固态成像装置
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Application No.: US14723498Application Date: 2015-05-28
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Publication No.: US09554067B2Publication Date: 2017-01-24
- Inventor: Keisuke Yazawa , Motonori Ishii , Yutaka Hirose , Yoshihisa Kato , Yoshiyuki Matsunaga
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2012-265932 20121205
- Main IPC: H04N5/363
- IPC: H04N5/363 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745 ; H01L27/30

Abstract:
The present invention provides a solid-state imaging apparatus that can significantly reduce kTC noise by using a negative feedback amplifying circuit. A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels arranged on a semiconductor substrate in a matrix, the pixel unit including, for each column, a source line and a column signal line, each of the plurality of pixels including: a photoelectric conversion unit that generates a signal charge corresponding to incident light; a storage unit storing the signal charge; a reset transistor; an amplifying transistor; and a cutoff transistor, wherein the amplifying transistor and the cutoff transistor form a negative feedback amplifying circuit. With this configuration, kTC noise can significantly be reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150288898A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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