Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and image acquisition device
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Application No.: US14878180Application Date: 2015-10-08
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Publication No.: US09602743B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Takayoshi Yamada , Masayuki Takase , Tokuhiko Tamaki , Masashi Murakami
- 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: JP2014-216210 20141023
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/361

Abstract:
An imaging device comprises at least one unit pixel cell. Each of them comprises: a photoelectric conversion layer having a first and second surfaces; a pixel electrode and a shield electrode located on the first surface and separated from each other, a shield voltage being applied to the shield electrode; an upper electrode located on the second surface and opposing to the pixel electrode and the shield electrode, a counter voltage being applied to the upper electrode; a charge accumulation node electrically connected to the pixel electrode; and a charge detection circuit electrically connected to the charge accumulation node. The charge detection circuit includes a reset transistor that sets the pixel electrode at an initialization voltage at predetermined timing. An absolute value of a difference between the shield voltage and the counter voltage is larger than an absolute value of a difference between the initialization voltage and the counter voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160119563A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-04-28
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