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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Yoshio Hagihara, Amagasaki, JP;
Kenji Takada, Itami, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshio Hagihara, Amagasaki, JP;
Kenji Takada, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a solid-state image-sensing device, after completion of image sensing by individual pixels, in each pixel, a signal φVRB fed to a capacitor Cconnected to the gate of a first MOS transistor Tis turned to a high level to make it easy for a negative electric charge to flow into the MOS transistor T. This permits quick recombination of the positive electric charges accumulated at the drain and gate of the MOS transistor T, at the gate of a MOS transistor T, at the anode of a photodiode, and in a capacitor C, and thereby makes quick resetting possible.