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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Brillnics Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BRILLNICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/379 (2018.08); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a solid-state imaging device, the first binning switchis formed such that a MOS capacitance and a wire capacitance of a wire connected to the binning switch, each having a value in accordance with an ON or OFF state, are added to a capacitance of a floating diffusion FD of a pixel PXL to be read, so as to optimize the capacitance of the floating diffusion FD and optimally adjust a conversion gain in accordance with a mode. This operation increases an image quality.