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Patent No.:

US 7135668 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2004

Solid-state imaging apparatus comprising reference electric power source having the same circuit structure as that of signal amplification means for amplifying a signal from photoelectric conversion element

Applicants:

Tetsunobu Kochi, Kanagawa, JP;

Koji Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsunobu Kochi, Kanagawa, JP;

Koji Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

Primary Examiner:

Que T Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and a signal amplification element which receives a signal from the photoelectric conversion element to amplify and output the signal, a signal amplifier including a first input terminal which receives the signal from the signal amplification element and a second input terminal into which a reference voltage is input, and a reference electric power supply, which supplies the reference voltage to the second input terminal of the signal amplifier, the reference electric power supply including a circuit configuration equivalent to the signal amplification element.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kochi, Tetsunobu. (2006). Solid-state imaging apparatus comprising reference electric power source having the same circuit structure as that of signal amplification means for amplifying a signal from photoelectric conversion element (U.S. Patent No. 7135668). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7135668

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