Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid state imaging apparatus, signal reading method, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US13944497Application Date: 2013-07-17
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Publication No.: US09661242B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Takayuki Goto , Hiroaki Ebihara , Rei Yoshikawa , Koichi Okamoto
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JP2012-162688 20120723; JP2013-064791 20130326; JP2013-101533 20130513
- Main IPC: H04N5/347
- IPC: H04N5/347 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/363 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
There is provided a solid state imaging apparatus including a pixel array in which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged two-dimensionally. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element, a transfer transistor which transfers a charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element to floating diffusion, a reset transistor which resets the charge of the floating diffusion, and an output transistor which outputs the charge of the floating diffusion. The floating diffusion of at least one of the plurality of unit pixels is electrically connected via the output transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140022427A1 SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, SIGNAL READING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-01-23
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