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Solid-state image array with simultaneously activated line drivers

US5144447A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1989
Grant dateSep 1, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/766
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improved solid-state imaging device having pixel amplifiers. The higher definition of the device results in the increase in number of pixels as large as not less than two million. When a solid-state imaging device having such a large number of pixels is provided with pixel amplifiers, there arise various problems associated with a power source and a power supply line as well as a problem inherent to the pixel amplifier type of solid-state imaging device. The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device in which noises or the like are prevented and a picture or image quality having high definition can be obtained, by suppressing a voltage drop of the power supply line and by compensating fluctuations in outputs of the pixel amplifiers.

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