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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Hanzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuichi Kaji, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
[Object] The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor, image capturing device, and electronic device, capable of setting a reference voltage applied to a vertical transfer line to be substantially the same as a reset voltage of a floating diffusion portion. [Solution] A reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate the reference voltage includes the same circuit as a reset transistor, an amplification transistor, and a selection transistor in a pixel circuit, and applies it to the vertical transfer line immediately before transferring an optical signal and a reset signal. This allows the same reference voltage as that immediately after applying the reset signal to the floating diffusion to be applied to the vertical transfer line. The present technology is applicable to CMOS image sensors.
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