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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Takahiro Abiru, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Makino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Usui, Fukuoka, JP;
Takahiro Abiru, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Makino, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Usui, Fukuoka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a solid-state imaging device having a pixel array section in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a matrix form, and sweeping out unnecessary charges by setting a predetermined number, two or more, of adjacent rows or a predetermined number, two or more, of adjacent columns, in the pixel array section, to a single group, and by applying a shutter pulse in units of groups before storing signal charges, and sequentially reading the signal charges in the units of groups. In the solid-state imaging device, a pre-shutter pulse is applied to pixels belonging to at least a single row or a single column within a succeeding group and adjacent to a preceding group, prior to the shutter pulse, before a reading timing for the preceding group, to sweep out unnecessary charges stored in the pixels.