Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Natsue Sakaguchi

Yoshiyuki Matsunaga

Nobuo Nakamura

Yukio Endo

Yoriko Tanaka

An amplifying solid-state image pickup device comprises an image pickup region formed by two-dimensionally arranging photosensitive cells, each of the photosensitive cells including photoelectric conversion means, signal charge storage means, signal charge ejection means, row select means, and amplification means on a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of vertical select lines arranged in the image pickup region in a row direction, vertical select means for driving the plurality of vertical select lines, a plurality of vertical signal lines arranged in the column direction to read the outputs of the amplification means, noise suppression means provided at the ends of the plurality of vertical signal lines to capture and deduct noises and signals appearing on the plurality of vertical signal lines at time differences, horizontal select lines arranged in a column direction, horizontal read means for relaying the outputs of the horizontal select lines and the noise suppression means, horizontal select means for driving the horizontal read means, and charge adding means for adding the signal charges read to the vertical signal lines.

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Yokohama, Japan

Natsue Sakaguchi