Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device including a phototransistor, method of driving the imaging device, and camera including the imaging device
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Application No.: US14463743Application Date: 2014-08-20
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Publication No.: US09762822B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Takaaki Negoro , Hirofumi Watanabe , Katsuhiko Aisu , Kazuhiro Yoneda , Katsuyuki Sakurano
- Applicant: Takaaki Negoro , Hirofumi Watanabe , Katsuhiko Aisu , Kazuhiro Yoneda , Katsuyuki Sakurano
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2013-187663 20130910
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/148 ; H04N5/77 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/907
Abstract:
An imaging device includes at least one pixel having a phototransistor which converts light energy into signal charge and varies an amplification factor relative to the intensity of the received light energy, wherein the signal charge of the phototransistor is read out while receiving the light energy with the phototransistor for each pixel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150070546A1 IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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