摘要:
In a photoelectric conversion device having a plurality of pixel cells each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element (901), a first switch (911) for transferring charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element, a field effect transistor (903), having a gate area for receiving the transferred charge, for outputting a signal corresponding to the charge stored in the gate area, and a second switch (902) for resetting the gate area of the field effect transistor, it is determined that the threshold voltages of the first switch and the second are different from the threshold voltage of the field effect transistor.
摘要:
Control to read signals from a sensor unit having a plurality of pixels by pixel blocks of a predetermined size, and the read signals are processed into pseudo luminance and color signals by pixel blocks of the predetermined size.
摘要:
An exposure method and a device to be produced thereby are disclosed, wherein the method includes printing, by an exposure, a fine pattern onto a substrate, and printing, by an exposure, a mask pattern having a smallest linewidth larger than that of the fine pattern, onto the substrate, wherein the fine pattern and the mask pattern are printed on the substrate superposedly, and wherein a fine pattern exposure region in which the fine pattern is to be printed has a size that includes a chip-inside-device forming region in which a chip-inside-device is to be formed in a single chip region to be formed on the substrate.
摘要:
This invention provides a large image pickup apparatus for, e.g., X-rays that can provide a seamless image by using a plurality of single-crystal silicon image pickup elements. More specifically, the image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup region where a plurality of pixels which include photoelectric conversion units are arranged to pick up an object image by dividing the object image into a plurality of regions, and a scan circuit (501, 507) arranged between the plurality of photoelectric conversion units in the region to commonly process the plurality of pixels and/or signals from the plurality of pixels.
摘要:
In a photoelectric conversion device having a plurality of pixel cells each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element (1), a field effect transistor (102) having the gate area for storing signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element and the source-drain path for outputting a signal corresponding to the signal charge stored in the gate, a first power supply line (4, 5) for supplying electric power to the field effect transistor, and a first switch (103) connected between the field effect transistor and the first power supply line, when a reset voltage for resetting the gate of the field effect transistor is V sig0 , a threshold voltage of the field effect transistor is V th , current flowing through the field effect transistor is I a , a voltage applied via the first power supply line is V c1 , and a series resistance of the first switch is R on , each pixel cell is configured to satisfy a condition determined byVc1 - Ron × Ia > Vsig0 - Vth.
摘要:
In a solid state image pickup device, in order to form a bypass region with precisely controlled impurity concentration and width, there is provided a solid state image pickup device comprising a photoelectric conversion unit composed of a first region of a first conductive type (102) formed on a semiconductor substrate and having a principal surface, a second region of a second conductive type (104) formed in the first region, and a third region of the first conductive type (105) present between the second region and the principal surface, a fourth region (107) of the second conductive type formed in the first region, and a charge transfer unit including the first region (102), an insulation layer on the first region and a control electrode (103) provided on the insulation layer, for transferring a signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit, to the fourth region (107), wherein the photoelectric conversion unit and the charge transfer unit are connected through a fifth region (106) of the second conductive type.
摘要:
In a solid-state image sensing apparatus, each pixel includes a photodiode, a MOS amplifier whose gate receives photo-charge generated by the photodiode, and a MOS switch for controlling connection between the photodiode and the gate of the MOS amplifier, and transference of the photo-charge from the photodiode to the gate of the MOS amplifier is performed under a condition that a channel is formed under the gate of the MOS amplifier.
摘要:
An image pickup apparatus having a plurality of pixels; and a color filter array of four colors disposed on the plurality of pixels, wherein the color filter array has a periodicity of two rows × two columns, and colors of four color filters in a periodical unit of two rows × two columns are all different.