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Driving method for solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging device

US7852394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 15, 2007
Grant dateDec 14, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/713
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a driving method for a solid-state imaging device which suppresses increase of smear and occurrence of image blur when imaging a moving object.In the driving method, for each row of the color filters arranged in the Bayer pattern, for a pixel, a signal charge is held in a first holding unit, which is generated in a preceding field period temporally preceding a predetermined field out of two different fields temporally equidistant from the predetermined field, a first signal charge is held in a second holding unit, which is generated within the predetermined field, the signal charge held in the first holding unit and a signal charge which is generated in a following field period are added, and a second signal charge obtained by the addition and the first signal charge are respectively outputted to outside of the solid-state imaging device.

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