摘要:
The invention is to reduce a color mixing resulting from influence of adjacent pixels. The invention provides a solid-state image pickup apparatus including a plurality of pixels each provided with a photoelectric conversion area, a floating diffusion area for holding a charge outputted from the photoelectric conversion area, an amplifier for amplifying the charge in the floating diffusion area, and a wiring, wherein the wiring is connected with at least the floating diffusion area; and a signal output line for outputting signals from the amplifiers. The solid-state image pickup apparatus also includes a shield line between the wiring of one pixel or the floating diffusion area of one pixel and the signal output line of another pixel adjacent to said one pixel, wherein at least a part of the shield line is formed by a wiring layer same as that of the signal output line, and the shield line has a first portion arranged along the signal output line and a second portion arranged along a direction crossing the signal output line. The invention also provides an image pickup system including said solid-state image pickup apparatus.
摘要:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converting element; a plurality of capacitor which receive signals from the plurality of pixels at first terminals; a plurality of clamping switches for setting a second terminal of each of the plurality of capacitor into a predetermined electric potential; a plurality of first storing units for storing signals from the second terminals of the plurality of capacitor; a plurality of second storing units for storing the signals from the second terminals of the plurality of capacitor; a first common output line to which the signals from the plurality of first storing units are sequentially output; a second common output line to which the signals from the plurality of second storing units are sequentially output; and a difference circuit for operating a difference between the signal from the first common output line and the signal from the second common output line.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising a plurality of image forming portions each configured to form a toner image by developing means using a developer; a plurality of toner containers each configured to contain the developer to be supplied to said developing means; a rotatable intermediate transfer belt provided above said image forming portions, wherein the toner image is primarily transferred to an inclined surface, opposed to said plurality of image forming portions, of said intermediate transfer belt; a plurality of rollers configured to rotate while supporting said intermediate transfer belt; a plurality of primary transfer members each configured to transfer the toner image primarily onto said intermediate transfer belt; secondary transfer means for transferring the toner image secondarily from said intermediate transfer belt onto a recording material; and fixing means for fixing the secondarily transferred toner image to the recording material, wherein each of said toner containers is disposed so that said container overlaps a portion of said intermediate transfer belt defining said inclined surface as viewed along rotational axes of said plurality of rollers.
摘要:
The invention is to reduce a color mixing resulting from influences of adjacent pixels. The invention provides a solid-state image pickup apparatus including plural pixels each including a PN junction area 1 constituting a photoelectric conversion area, a floating diffusion area 2 for holding a charge outputted from the PN junction area 1, an amplifying transistor 5 for amplifying the charge in the floating diffusion area 2, and a wiring 4 for connecting at least the floating diffusion area 2, a gate electrode of the amplifying transistor 5 and a resetting MOS transistor 10, and a signal output, line 8 for outputting signals from the amplifying transistors, the apparatus including shield lines 8, 9 between the wiring 8 of one pixel or the floating diffusion area 2 and the wiring 4 of one pixel and the signal output line 8 of another adjacent pixel.
摘要:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus of the present invention includes a first semiconductor region functioning as a barrier against signal charges between a first and a second photoelectric conversion element, and a second semiconductor region that has a width narrower than that of the first semiconductor region and functions as a barrier against signal charges between a first and the third photoelectric conversion element. A region with a low barrier is provided at least a part between the first and the second photoelectric conversion element.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming portions for forming images on a plurality of image bearing members (111), an intermediate transfer belt (120) in which the images on the image bearing members are transferred, a plurality of rollers (121,122) around which the belt is stretched, a plurality of primary transferring portions for transferring the images to the belt at a plurality of primary transferring positions corresponding to the image bearing members, a transfer material transporting portion for transporting a transfer material, and a secondary transferring portion for transferring the images on the belt to the transported transfer material (P) at a secondary transferring position, the primary transfer surface of the belt which is opposed to the image bearing members faces downwardly during the installation of the apparatus, and the primary transfer surface is inclined and disposed so that the secondary transferring position side on the primary transfer surface may be downward during the installation of the apparatus.
摘要:
The invention is to reduce a color mixing resulting from influences of adjacent pixels. The invention provides a solid-state image pickup apparatus including plural pixels each including a PN junction area 1 constituting a photoelectric conversion area, a floating diffusion area 2 for holding a charge outputted from the PN junction area 1, an amplifying transistor 5 for amplifying the charge in the floating diffusion area 2, and a wiring 4 for connecting at least the floating diffusion area 2, a gate electrode of the amplifying transistor 5 and a resetting MOS transistor 10, and a signal output, line 8 for outputting signals from the amplifying transistors, the apparatus including shield lines 8, 9 between the wiring 8 of one pixel or the floating diffusion area 2 and the wiring 4 of one pixel and the signal output line 8 of another adjacent pixel.
摘要:
A solid-state image sensor (1 1 ) comprising a pixel array (2) in which a plurality of pixels (3) are arrayed in a matrix having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein the pixel array includes a first wiring layer (M1) and a second wiring layer (M2) arranged above the first wiring layer, the first wiring layer includes first column signal lines (4A) arranged at the respective columns of the pixel array, and the second wiring layer includes second column signal lines (4B) arranged at the respective columns of the pixel array.
摘要:
The invention is to reduce a color mixing resulting from influence of adjacent pixels. The invention provides a solid-state image pickup apparatus including plural pixels each provided with a photoelectric conversion area, a floating diffusion area for holding a charge outputted from the photoelectric conversion area, an amplifier for amplifying the charge in the floating diffusion area, and a wiring, wherein the wiring is connected with at least the floating diffusion area; and a signal output line for outputting signals from the amplifiers, wherein the signal output line is arranged to be overlapped with the photoelectric conversion area. The invention also provides an image pickup system including said solid-state image pickup apparatus.