公开(公告)号：US20060233008A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-19

申请号：US11393429

申请日：2006-03-30

申请人： Tomokazu Kakumoto ,  Kraisorn Throngnumchai

发明人： Tomokazu Kakumoto ,  Kraisorn Throngnumchai

IPC分类号： G11C19/08

CPC分类号： H04N5/35518 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/3651

摘要： In a solid-state image-sensing device of the invention, for acquisition of sensed-image data, a photoelectric converter disconnecting switch is turned on to make a forcible reset switch perform resetting, then the voltage at the end of a logarithmic conversion MOS transistor that is not connected to the photoelectric converter disconnecting switch is so controlled that the logarithmic conversion MOS transistor is reset according to the threshold voltage thereof, and then an output commensurate with the amount of light incident on the photoelectric converter is delivered; for acquisition of noise data, the photoelectric converter disconnecting switch is turned on to make the forcible reset switch perform resetting, then the photoelectric converter disconnecting switch is turned off, then the voltage at the end of the logarithmic conversion MOS transistor that is not connected to the photoelectric converter disconnecting switch is so controlled that the logarithmic conversion MOS transistor is reset according to the threshold voltage thereof, and then an output unrelated to the amount of light incident on the photoelectric converter is delivered. With this sequence of operations, variations in sensitivity among individual pixels can be corrected for without irradiation with uniform light.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的固态图像感测装置中，为了获取感测图像数据，光电转换器断开开关导通，使得强制复位开关执行复位，然后在对数转换MOS晶体管末端的电压 不连接到光电转换器断开开关的控制使得对数转换MOS晶体管根据其阈值电压被复位，然后输出与入射在光电转换器上的光量相当的输出; 为了获取噪声数据，光电转换器断开开关导通，强制复位开关进行复位，光电转换器断开开关被断开，而对数转换MOS晶体管末端的电压未连接到 光电转换器断开开关受到控制，使得对数转换MOS晶体管根据其阈值电压被复位，然后输出与入射在光电转换器上的光量无关的输出。 通过这种操作顺序，可以校正各个像素之间的灵敏度变化，而不用均匀的光照射。

公开(公告)号：US08218042B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-10

申请号：US11167855

申请日：2005-06-27

申请人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/35518 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14643

摘要： By feeding an appropriate voltage as a signal φTX to a transfer gate TG, a MOS transistor T1 , is operated in a threshold region. A potential linearly or natural logarithmically converted by a buried photodiode PD is transferred to an N-type floating diffusion layer FD so as to be fed out, as an image signal, via MOS transistors T3 and T4.

摘要翻译： 通过向传输门TG馈送适当的电压作为信号TX，MOS晶体管T1在阈值区域中工作。 由掩埋光电二极管PD对数转换的电位线性或自然地被传送到N型浮动扩散层FD，以经由MOS晶体管T3和T4作为图像信号送出。

公开(公告)号：US07773131B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-10

申请号：US11438585

申请日：2006-05-22

申请人： Masayuki Kusuda ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Masayuki Kusuda ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H04N5/217

CPC分类号： H04N5/363

摘要： A level shifter (181) shifts a signal level of a noise signal produced from a pixel so that the signal level becomes close to a reference level, and then a level shifter (182) complements the noise signal whose level was shifted by the level shifter (181) by a signal level corresponding to the level shifted by the level shifter (181). After that, the differential amplifier (183) performs subtraction operation between the noise signal that has passed the level shifters (181, 182) and the image signal from the pixel, so as to output the image signal without noises.

摘要翻译： 电平移位器（181）使从像素产生的噪声信号的信号电平移位，使得信号电平变得接近参考电平，然后电平移位器（182）补偿电平被电平移位器移位的噪声信号 （181）通过与由电平移位器（181）移位的电平相对应的信号电平。 之后，差分放大器（183）在已经通过电平移位器（181,182）的噪声信号和来自像素的图像信号之间进行减法运算，以便无噪声地输出图像信号。

公开(公告)号：US07399951B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-15

申请号：US11392982

申请日：2006-03-28

申请人： Takashi Morimoto ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Takashi Morimoto ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H01L27/00 ,  H01L31/062 ,  G01J1/44

CPC分类号： H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H04N5/35518

摘要： In a solid-state image-sensing device, by global shuttering, whereby image sensing is performed simultaneously in all the pixels, a potential commensurate with the amount of light incident on a buried diode PD is held in an N-type floating diffusion region FD. Then a noise signal is outputted, and then the potential held in the N-type floating diffusion region FD is transferred to an N-type floating diffusion region FD1 so that an image signal is outputted.

摘要翻译： 在固态图像感测装置中，通过全局快门，从而在所有像素中同时执行图像感测，与入射到埋地二极管PD上的光量相当的电位被保持在N型浮动扩散区域FD 。 然后输出噪声信号，然后将保持在N型浮动扩散区域FD中的电位转移到N型浮动扩散区域FD1，从而输出图像信号。

公开(公告)号：US20060001061A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-05

申请号：US11167855

申请日：2005-06-27

申请人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H01L27/148

CPC分类号： H04N5/35518 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14643

摘要： By feeding an appropriate voltage as a signal φTX to a transfer gate TG, a MOS transistor T1 , is operated in a threshold region. A potential linearly or natural logarithmically converted by a buried photodiode PD is transferred to an N-type floating diffusion layer FD so as to be fed out, as an image signal, via MOS transistors T3 and T4.

摘要翻译： 通过向传输门TG馈送适当的电压作为信号phiTX，MOS晶体管T1在阈值区域中工作。 由掩埋光电二极管PD对数转换的电位线性或自然地被传送到N型浮动扩散层FD，以经由MOS晶体管T 3和T 4作为图像信号送出。

公开(公告)号：US08643756B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-04

申请号：US13488057

申请日：2012-06-04

申请人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/35518 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14643

摘要： By feeding an appropriate voltage as a signal φTX to a transfer gate TG, a MOS transistor T1 is operated in a threshold region. A potential linearly or natural logarithmically converted by a buried photodiode PD is transferred to an N-type floating diffusion layer FD so as to be fed out, as an image signal, via MOS transistors T3 and T4.

摘要翻译： 通过向传输门TG馈送适当的电压作为信号phiTX，在阈值区域中操作MOS晶体管T1。 由掩埋光电二极管PD对数转换的电位线性或自然地被传送到N型浮动扩散层FD，以经由MOS晶体管T3和T4作为图像信号送出。

公开(公告)号：US20120235023A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-20

申请号：US13488057

申请日：2012-06-04

申请人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Shigehiro Miyatake ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H01L27/148

CPC分类号： H04N5/35518 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14643

摘要： By feeding an appropriate voltage as a signal φTX to a transfer gate TG, a MOS transistor T1 is operated in a threshold region. A potential linearly or natural logarithmically converted by a buried photodiode PD is transferred to an N-type floating diffusion layer FD so as to be fed out, as an image signal, via MOS transistors T3 and T4.

摘要翻译： 通过向传输门TG馈送适当的电压作为信号TX，MOS晶体管T1在阈值区域中工作。 由掩埋光电二极管PD对数转换的电位线性或自然地被传送到N型浮动扩散层FD，以经由MOS晶体管T3和T4作为图像信号送出。

公开(公告)号：US20100271526A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-28

申请号：US12659428

申请日：2010-03-09

申请人： Yoko Okuzaki ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Yoko Okuzaki ,  Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/3458 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which pixels, each of which converts light into a pixel signal and accumulates the pixel signal in accordance with a light exposure period, are arranged in a predetermined color layout and first-color pixel horizontal rows containing first-color pixels and second-color pixel horizontal rows containing second-color pixels are alternately arranged in a vertical row direction; readout units that select n (n≧2) single-color pixel signals from the first-color or second-color pixels in the first-color or second-color pixel horizontal rows, perform 1/n thinning-out on the selected n pixel signals to reduce the number of pixel signals to 1/n, and read the resultant pixel signal for each of the colors; and column processing units that perform column processing on the pixel signals having undergone the 1/n thinning-out.

摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括：像素单元，其中将每个像素将光转换为像素信号并根据曝光周期积累像素信号的像素被布置在预定的颜色布局和第一色像素水平 包含第一颜色像素的行和包含第二颜色像素的第二颜色像素水平行在垂直行方向交替排列; 从第一颜色或第二颜色像素水平行中的第一颜色或第二颜色像素中选择n（n≥2）个单色像素信号的读出单元在所选择的n个像素上执行1 / n稀疏化 信号将像素信号的数量减少到1 / n，并且读取每个颜色的合成像素信号; 以及对经过1 / n稀疏化的像素信号执行列处理的列处理单元。

公开(公告)号：US07545419B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-09

申请号：US10396874

申请日：2003-03-25

申请人： Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H04N9/64

CPC分类号： H04N5/3653 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： Switches SHS and RSM are turned on to hold an image signal at a negative electrode of a capacitor Cs, then a switch SHN is turned on to hold a noise signal at a positive electrode of a capacitor Cn. Then a switch RSP is turned on and then a switch MIX is turned on to combine together the image and noise signals thus held and thereby produce, as a voltage signal, a noise-free image signal at the node between the capacitor Cs and the switch MIX. Then a switch Sx is turned on to output the noise-free image signal.

摘要翻译： 开关SHS和RSM导通以将电容器Cs的负电极上的图像信号保持起来，然后开关SHN导通以在电容器Cn的正电极处保持噪声信号。 然后开关RSP接通，然后开关MIX导通，将由此保持的图像和噪声信号组合在一起，从而在电容器Cs和开关之间的节点处产生无噪声图像信号作为电压信号 混合。 然后开关Sx导通以输出无噪声图像信号。

公开(公告)号：US07190399B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-13

申请号：US10406110

申请日：2003-04-03

申请人： Tomokazu Kakumoto

发明人： Tomokazu Kakumoto

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/35518

摘要： An image pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels each with a photodiode, a logarithmic converter including a logarithmic-converting MOS transistor for converting an output of the photodiode into an electric signal proportional to a logarithmic value of an amount of incident light on the photodiode, and an integration circuit for accumulating an output from the logarithmic converter; a voltage controller for control of a voltage to be applied to the transistor; and an output circuit for receiving signals from the pixels and outputting processed signals. The voltage controller realizes a moving object extraction image pickup state in which an image pickup signal is generated for displaying at least a part of the moving object existing in an image picked-up region at a density different from that of a static background part.

摘要翻译： 一种图像拾取装置，包括：多个像素，每个具有光电二极管，对数转换器，包括对数转换MOS晶体管，用于将光电二极管的输出转换成与光电二极管上的入射光的对数值成比例的电信号 以及用于累积来自对数转换器的输出的积分电路; 用于控制施加到晶体管的电压的电压控制器; 以及用于从像素接收信号并输出​​处理的信号的输出电路。 电压控制器实现移动对象提取图像拾取状态，其中生成用于以与静态背景部分不同的密度显示存在于图像拾取区域中的移动对象的至少一部分的图像拾取信号。