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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichiro Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Oguro, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Arishima, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Takada, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments perform readout at a high rate without being affected by transition of pixel transistors. A solid state imaging device of an embodiment has a pixel having a photoelectric conversion unit that generates charges, an amplification transistor including an input node that receives a signal based on the charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and a reset transistor that resets the potential of the input node of the amplification transistor; a signal processing circuit that reads out a signal from the pixel via a signal line; and a switch provided between the signal line and an input node of the signal processing circuit, and a signal value of a control signal applied to the gate of the reset transistor changes while the switch is in the off-state.