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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan, Kyoto, JP;
Yosuke Higashi, Osaka, JP;
NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes: pixels disposed in a matrix of pixel rows and pixel columns; control wires provided for the pixel rows or the pixel columns, and each connected to at least two pixels out of the pixels, the at least two pixels being included in one of the pixel rows or the pixel columns for which the control wire is provided; drive circuits that are provided for the control wires, each include buffer elements in at least two stages, and each output a control signal to one of the control wires for which the drive circuit is provided, the buffer elements in the at least two stages being connected in series; and a first wire that short-circuits output wires of the buffer elements in one of the at least two stages in at least two of the plurality of drive circuits.