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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroki Hiyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroaki Kameyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuji Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Sonoda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3594 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a period in which a pixel signal of another pixel is read out from the pixel, a transistor connected to a floating diffusion region of a pixel not performing reading out of a pixel signal from the pixel is turned off.