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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Yamasaki, Tachikawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric converter including a photoelectric conversion film, a first electrode arranged on one surface side of the photoelectric conversion film, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the other surface side of the photoelectric conversion film, a plurality of charge accumulation portions each connected to corresponding one of the plurality of second electrodes, an output unit that outputs a plurality of signals each corresponding to an amount of charges accumulated in each of the plurality of charge accumulation portions, and a control unit that individually controls a drive voltage applied to each of the plurality of second electrodes. The control unit controls the drive voltage applied to each of the second electrodes such that, in an accumulation period of charges of one frame, each of the second electrodes sequentially becomes the lowest potential relative to the charges of the second electrodes.