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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Totsuka, Fujisawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels each including a photoelectric converter are arranged over rows and columns, output lines each connected to the pixels arranged on a corresponding column, and column circuits each connected to a corresponding output line. Each column circuit is configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode, in the first mode, the common circuit amplifies a single signal based on charges generated in the photoelectric converter of one pixel connected to the corresponding output line at a common gain to output a first pixel signal and a second pixel signal, and in the second mode, the column circuit amplifies the single signal at a first gain to output a first pixel signal and amplifies the single signal at a second gain lower than the first gain to output a second pixel signal.