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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Chiori Mochizuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Masakazu Morishita, Hiratsuka, JP;
Keiichi Nomura, Honjo, JP;
Minoru Watanabe, Honjo, JP;
Takamasa Ishii, Honjo, JP;
Chiori Mochizuki, Sagamihara, JP;
Masakazu Morishita, Hiratsuka, JP;
Keiichi Nomura, Honjo, JP;
Minoru Watanabe, Honjo, JP;
Takamasa Ishii, Honjo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To improve a sensor resetting method and thereby implement a high rate at which a moving image is read, the invention provides an image pickup apparatus and a radiation image pickup apparatus including: a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate in row and column directions, each pixel having a conversion element and a transfer switching element; a drive wiring connected to a plurality of the transfer switching elements in the row direction; and a conversion element wiring connected to a plurality of the conversion elements in the row direction, wherein a reset switching element is disposed between the conversion element wiring and a reset wiring for supplying a reset voltage for resetting the conversion element, and a bias switching element is disposed between the conversion element wiring and a bias wiring for supplying a bias voltage for operating the conversion element.