公开(公告)号：US09113103B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-18

申请号：US14567226

申请日：2014-12-11

申请人： CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Takashi Matsuda ,  Shin Kikuchi ,  Toru Koizumi

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H01L27/146

CPC分类号： H04N5/378 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/14663 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/3415 ,  H04N5/3745

摘要： A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, wherein the pixel array has a region formed from one of an electrical conductor and a semiconductor to which a fixed electric potential is supplied, each pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated by the photoelectric converter into a voltage, and an amplification unit which amplifies a signal generated by the charge-voltage converter by a positive gain and outputs the amplified signal to an output line, and the output line comprising a shielding portion arranged to shield at least part of the charge-voltage converter with respect to the region.

摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括其中布置有多个像素的像素阵列，其中像素阵列具有由电导体和提供固定电位的半导体中的一个形成的区域，每个像素包括光电 转换器，将由光电转换器产生的电荷转换为电压的电荷 - 电压转换器，以及放大单元，其通过正增益放大由电荷 - 电压转换器产生的信号，并将放大的信号输出到输出线， 输出线包括屏蔽部分，其布置成相对于该区域屏蔽电荷 - 电压转换器的至少一部分。

公开(公告)号：US20150181140A1

公开(公告)日：2015-06-25

申请号：US14579077

申请日：2014-12-22

申请人： CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Tomoya Onishi ,  Shin Kikuchi

IPC分类号： H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3745

CPC分类号： H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3575 ,  H04N5/3742

摘要： Provided is an imaging device, an imaging system, and a driving method of the imaging device. A signal of difference between a photogenerated signal of a first pixel which is an effective pixel, and a reference signal of a second pixel which is an effective pixel, is obtained.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种成像装置，成像系统和成像装置的驱动方法。 获得作为有效像素的第一像素的光产生信号与作为有效像素的第二像素的参考信号之间的差的信号。

公开(公告)号：US08742359B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-03

申请号：US13945580

申请日：2013-07-18

申请人： Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

发明人： Yu Arishima ,  Yuichiro Yamashita ,  Masaru Fujimura ,  Shin Kikuchi ,  Shoji Kono ,  Shinichiro Shimizu

IPC分类号： G01T1/24

CPC分类号： H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/3415 ,  H04N5/3575 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/37452 ,  H04N5/376

摘要： An imaging apparatus has an imaging area formed by arranging a plurality of imaging blocks each including a pixel array, a plurality of vertical signal lines, a horizontal output line commonly provided for the plurality of vertical signal lines to read out signals read out to the plurality of vertical signal lines, a first scanning circuit, and a second scanning circuit, wherein signals of the pixels of a selected row in the pixel array are read out to the plurality of vertical signal lines in accordance with a driving pulse from the first scanning circuit, the signals read out to the plurality of vertical signal lines are sequentially read out to the horizontal output line in accordance with a driving pulse from the second scanning circuit, and a length in a row direction of the pixel array is smaller than a length in a column direction of the pixel array.

摘要翻译： 成像装置具有通过布置多个成像块而形成的成像区域，每个成像块包括像素阵列，多个垂直信号线，为多个垂直信号线共同设置的水平输出线，以读出读出到多个垂直信号线的信号 垂直信号线，第一扫描电路和第二扫描电路，其中根据来自第一扫描电路的驱动脉冲将像素阵列中的所选行的像素的信号读出到多条垂直信号线 根据来自第二扫描电路的驱动脉冲，向多个垂直信号线读出的信号依次读出到水平输出行，并且像素阵列的行方向的长度小于 像素阵列的列方向。

公开(公告)号：US08698935B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-15

申请号：US13860352

申请日：2013-04-10

申请人： Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

发明人： Akira Okita ,  Toru Koizumi ,  Masanori Ogura ,  Shin Kikuchi ,  Tetsuya Itano

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/217 ,  H04N5/235

CPC分类号： H04N5/2173 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14641 ,  H04N5/37457

摘要： An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being commonly provided to at least two photoelectric conversion regions, a first and a second transfer units (Tx-MOS1, Tx-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions, respectively, a first and a second carrier accumulating units (Cs1, Cs2) for accumulating the carriers flowing out from the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions through a first and a second fixed potential barriers, respectively, and a third and a fourth transfer units (Cs-MOS1, Cs-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second carrier accumulating units to the amplifying unit, respectively.

摘要翻译： 一种固态图像拾取装置，包括用于通过光电转换产生载流子以累积所生成的载流子的多个光电转换区域（PD1，PD2），用于放大载流子的放大单元，共同提供给至少两个光电转换区域， 分别用于传送累积在第一和第二光电转换区域中的载流子的第一和第二传送单元（Tx-MOS1，Tx-MOS2），用于累积载流子的第一和第二载流子存储单元（Cs1，Cs2） 分别通过第一和第二固定势垒从第一和第二光电转换区域出来;以及第三和第四转移单元（Cs-MOS1，Cs-MOS2），用于传送累积在第一和第二固定势垒中的载流子 载波累积单元分别放大到放大单元。

公开(公告)号：US20140078354A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-20

申请号：US13961986

申请日：2013-08-08

申请人： Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

发明人： Ginjiro Toyoguchi ,  Shin Kikuchi

IPC分类号： H04N5/367

CPC分类号： H04N5/374 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H04N5/3575 ,  H04N5/359 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3658 ,  H04N5/3696

摘要： A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array, an effective signal line, a dummy pixel, a dummy signal line, and a processing unit. The effective pixels in the pixel array include a photoelectric converter, a charge-voltage converter, and an output unit. The dummy pixel includes a charge-voltage that has the same configuration as the charge-voltage converter of the effective pixel, and an output unit. A shortest distance between the charge-voltage converter of the dummy pixel and the effective signal line is longer than a shortest distance between the charge-voltage converter of the dummy pixel and the dummy signal line.

摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括像素阵列，有效信号线，虚拟像素，虚拟信号线和处理单元。 像素阵列中的有效像素包括光电转换器，电荷 - 电压转换器和输出单元。 虚拟像素包括具有与有效像素的电荷 - 电压转换器相同的配置的充电电压和输出单元。 虚拟像素的电荷 - 电压转换器与有效信号线之间的最短距离比虚拟像素的电荷 - 电压转换器和虚拟信号线之间的最短距离长。