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Solid-state imaging apparatus

US7906752B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 2009
Grant dateMar 15, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/803
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into a matrix, each pixel containing a reset section for resetting an accumulation section by supplying a potential retained at a reset line; a correlation double sampling circuit for suppressing a noise signal contained in the pixel signal; and a control section where, of a first one of the pixels and a second one of the pixels connected to the same one of a signal output line, when the first pixel is determined as a pixel subject to reset operation for obtaining an output of the pixel signal corresponding to a first potential supplied by the reset section, a voltage level of the same one signal output line at the time of the reset operation is set with using a pixel signal corresponding to a second potential supplied by the reset section of the second pixel.

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