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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideaki Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/359 (2013.01); H04N 5/3658 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voltage limiting unit of a solid state imaging device limits a voltage of a signal line so as not to become a predetermined value or less. A signal processing unit to which a pixel signal is input via a signal line. A controlling unit is disposed between the voltage limiting unit and the signal processing unit on the signal line. Further, the controlling unit causes the voltage limiting unit and the signal processing unit to be non-conductive in a period in which a transfer unit of a pixel transfers the electric charge converted by a photoelectric conversion unit of the pixel to a floating diffusion region of the pixel.