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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Hanzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotsugu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To provide an imaging circuit and an imaging device capable of achieving switching of output types while a circuit scale is reduced. An imaging circuit according to the present disclosure includes: a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into a photocurrent; a first transistor that converts the photocurrent into a voltage signal; a second transistor that amplifies the voltage signal; a third transistor that controls a current to be supplied to the first transistor; and a fourth transistor that is connected to the second transistor.
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