公开(公告)号：US20170013221A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-12

申请号：US15190368

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： MASAAKI YANAGIDA ,  TAKAYASU KITO ,  YOSHIAKI SATOU

IPC: H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H01L27/30

CPC classification number: H04N5/3698 ,  H01L27/307 ,  H04N5/3532 ,  H04N5/378

Abstract: An imaging device comprising: a pixel comprising a photoelectric converter and a reset transistor having a source and a drain one of which is electrically connected to the photoelectric converter; a first voltage generating circuit for generating a first voltage; a second voltage generating circuit for generating a second voltage identical or equivalent to the first voltage; and a first switching circuit having a first input terminal electrically connected to the first voltage generating circuit, a second input terminal electrically connected to the second voltage generating circuit, a first output terminal electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the reset transistor. The first switching circuit electrically connects one of the first and second input terminals to the first output terminal selectively in a period when the photoelectric converter is reset. The photoelectric converter is reset by use of the first voltage or the second voltage.

Abstract translation: 一种成像装置，包括：像素，包括光电转换器和复原晶体管，其源极和漏极电连接到所述光电转换器; 用于产生第一电压的第一电压产生电路; 第二电压产生电路，用于产生与第一电压相同或相当的第二电压; 以及第一开关电路，其具有与第一电压产生电路电连接的第一输入端子，电连接到第二电压产生电路的第二输入端子，电连接到复位的源极和漏极中的另一个的第一输出端子 晶体管。 在光电转换器复位的期间，第一开关电路将第一和第二输入端子之一电连接到第一输出端子。 光电转换器通过使用第一电压或第二电压复位。