公开(公告)号：US20070258004A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-08

申请号：US11739254

申请日：2007-04-24

申请人： Tomohiro HONDA ,  Yoshiaki KATO ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO ,  Kazuya YONEMOTO ,  Toshihumi HABARA ,  Kunihide HIRAI

发明人： Tomohiro HONDA ,  Yoshiaki KATO ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO ,  Kazuya YONEMOTO ,  Toshihumi HABARA ,  Kunihide HIRAI

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/335

摘要： Provided is a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of vertical transfer units (VCCDs), a horizontal transfer unit (HCCD) and a driving unit. In a vertical final stage of the VCCDs, there are same transfer electrode structures in every m columns, where m is equal to or more than 2, the vertical final stage being a vertical transfer stage located the closest to the HCCD, in each vertical final stage of columns except one column among the m columns or of all columns among the m columns, there are transfer electrodes independent from electrodes in the other columns in the m columns, and the independent transfer electrodes are driven independently to perform transfer processing from the corresponding vertical final stage to the HCCD, the driving being independent from driving for the electrodes in the other columns in the m columns, and the driving unit performs sequential vertical transfer driving, by which first packets and second packets are sequentially and vertically transferred within one horizontal transfer period, the first packet including a signal component to be used as an image signal and the second packet not including any signal component to be used as an image signal, and to apply, in the sequential vertical transfer driving, respective transfer pulses to the transfer electrodes in the vertical transfer stage and transfer electrodes of the HCCD, so that the first packets and the second packets are separated to be allocated into respective different horizontal transfer stages of the HCCD.

摘要翻译： 提供了包括多个垂直传送单元（VCCD），水平传送单元（HCCD）和驱动单元的固态成像设备。 在VCCD的垂直最后阶段，在每m列中存在相同的转移电极结构，其中m等于或大于2，垂直末级是位于最接近HCCD的垂直转移级，在每个垂直最终 在m列之间的柱之间的列的列之间或m列中的所有列之间的列之外，存在与m列中的其他列中的电极无关的转移电极，并且独立驱动电极被独立地驱动以从相应的 垂直末级到HCCD，驱动与m列的其他列中的电极独立驱动，并且驱动单元执行顺序垂直传送驱动，通过该顺序垂直传送驱动，第一分组和第二分组在一个水平中顺序和垂直传送 传输周期，第一分组包括要用作图像信号的信号分量，并且第二分组不包括 将要用作图像信号的任何信号分量，并且在顺序垂直传输驱动中将相应的传送脉冲施加到垂直传送级中的传输电极和HCCD的传输电极，使得第一分组和第二分组 数据包被分离以分配给HCCD的相应不同的水平传送级。

公开(公告)号：US20090160993A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-25

申请号：US12330050

申请日：2008-12-08

申请人： Yoshiaki KATO ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO ,  Hiroshi MATSUMOTO ,  Takeshi FUJITA

发明人： Yoshiaki KATO ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO ,  Hiroshi MATSUMOTO ,  Takeshi FUJITA

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/3765

摘要： An objective of the present invention is to provide the solid-state imaging device and the driving method thereof which can control: a poor picture quality, such as blooming, to maximize a dynamic range of the photodiode; and a poor picture quality resulted from an incomplete read-out operation. A solid-state imaging device in the present invention includes: a solid-state imaging element; and a driving pulse controlling unit applying a driving pulse to each of read-out gates of a column CCD. The driving pulse controlling unit transfers in a column direction signal charge within a charge transfer region of the column CCD by applying a column transfer clock having a LOW level voltage and a MIDDLE level voltage, and the LOW level voltage and the MIDDLE level voltage are minus voltages.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是提供一种可以控制如图像质量差的固态成像装置及其驱动方法，以使光电二极管的动态范围最大化; 并且由于读取操作不完整导致的图像质量差。 本发明的固态成像装置包括：固态成像元件; 以及驱动脉冲控制单元，将驱动脉冲施加到列CCD的每个读出门。 驱动脉冲控制单元通过施加具有低电平电压和中等电平的列传送时钟，在列CCD的电荷传送区域内的列方向上传送信号电荷，并且低电平电压和中间电平电压为负 电压。

公开(公告)号：US20090268072A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-29

申请号：US12427266

申请日：2009-04-21

申请人： Kazuya MAKIYAMA ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO ,  Sei SUZUKI ,  Akira TSUKAMOTO

发明人： Kazuya MAKIYAMA ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO ,  Sei SUZUKI ,  Akira TSUKAMOTO

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/359 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： To provide a solid-state imaging device which suppresses light emission caused by hot electrons, and reduces the difference in the impact of heat emission between fields. In the solid-state imaging device in the present invention, the final-stage source-follower circuit within the output circuit includes a drive transistor and a load transistor connected to the drive transistor, and, by applying, to the load transistor, a control signal having different levels for a first period including a charge sweep-out period and an exposure period of the light-receiving elements in a signal outputting period, and a second period which is a period excluding the charge sweep-out period from the signal outputting period, the source-to-drain voltage of the final-stage drive transistor in the first period is made lower than the source-to-drain voltage in the second period.

摘要翻译： 提供抑制由热电子引起的发光的固态成像装置，并且减少场之间的发热冲击的差异。 在本发明的固态成像装置中，输出电路内的最后级源极跟随器电路包括与驱动晶体管连接的驱动晶体管和负载晶体管，并且通过向负载晶体管施加控制 在信号输出期间包括电荷清除期间和受光元件的曝光期间的第一期间具有不同电平的信号，以及作为从输出信号的电荷清除期间以外的期间的第二期间 在第二周期中，使第一周期中的末级驱动晶体管的源极 - 漏极电压低于第二周期中的源极 - 漏极电压。

公开(公告)号：US20090268068A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-29

申请号：US12427162

申请日：2009-04-21

申请人： Akira TSUKAMOTO ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO

发明人： Akira TSUKAMOTO ,  Akiyoshi KOHNO

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/361

摘要： A driving method used for a solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes: imaging an object for a first storage time when a shutter is open, in a first state that is a state where either at least a part of the peripheral circuitry is suspended or a consumption current of the peripheral circuitry is limited; imaging, in the first state, a dark output signal image including only a dark output for a second storage time when the shutter is closed; converting the dark output signal image to correspond to the image obtained for the first storage time and subtracting, from the signal image of the object, the converted dark output signal image or converting the dark output signal image to correspond to the image obtained for the second storage time and subtracting, from the signal image of the object, the converted dark output signal image.

摘要翻译： 用于根据本发明的固态成像装置的驱动方法包括：当第一状态为快门打开时的第一存储时间的对象成像，该状态为至少一部分外围电路 暂停或外围电路的消耗电流有限; 在第一状态下，当快门关闭时，成像仅包括用于第二存储时间的暗输出的暗输出信号图像; 将暗输出信号图像转换为与第一存储时间获得的图像相对应，并从对象的信号图像中减去转换的暗输出信号图像，或将暗输出信号图像转换为对应于第二存储器获得的图像 存储时间和从对象的信号图像中减去转换后的暗输出信号图像。