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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/367 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3577 (2013.01); H04N 5/367 (2013.01); H04N 5/3675 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a first detection pixel and a second detection pixel, each of the first detection pixel and the second detection pixel including a transfer transistor and an amplifier transistor connected to the transfer transistor via a first node, a voltage supply unit that supplies a predetermined voltage, and a connection switch connected between the voltage supply unit and a second node at which the transfer transistor of the first detection pixel and the transfer transistor of the second detection pixel are connected.