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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Noboru Takeuchi, Mie, JP;
Kazuo Ohtsubo, Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Takeuchi, Mie, JP;
Kazuo Ohtsubo, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state image capturing apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, where each of the pixels includes: a photodiode for obtaining a signal charge by a photoelectric conversion of an incident light; and an amplifying transistor for the signal charge obtained at the photodiode, and where the amplifying transistor is configured in such a manner that a gate area of the amplifying transistor is defined to be larger than a gate area of other transistors that configure the pixel.