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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshio Ohta, Amagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358213 ; 357 16 ; 357 30 ; 357 31 ; 357 24 ;
Abstract
A solid state imaging apparatus which includes a plurality of cells formed on a semiconductor substrate and produces a video signal representing an optical image of an object. Each cell comprises a photosensitive first diode, a second diode connected to the first diode and a switching element connected to the connection point of the first and second diodes, for reading out charge signals from the first diode under the control of a read pulse. To one of the first and second diodes the blooming suppression pulse is supplied in synchronism with the read pulse so as to enlarge a dynamic range of the imaging apparatus.