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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2007
Harumichi Mori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuki Fujita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryuji Kyushima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Honda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Harumichi Mori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuki Fujita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryuji Kyushima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Honda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
For a solid-state image pickup device, a plurality of pixels are two dimensionally arranged in an imaging region, and two photodiodes PDand PDare included in each pixel P. An electric charge generated in the respective photodiodes PDand PDis input to a signal readout section, and a voltage according to an electric charge amount thereof is output from the signal output section. The voltage output from the signal readout sectionis input to an A/D converting section, and a digital value according to the input voltage is output from the A/D converting section. In an adding section, a sum of digital values to be output from the A/D converting sectionaccording to the amount of electric charge generated, for each pixel Pof the imaging region, in the two respective photodiodes PDand PDincluded in the pixel is operated, and a digital value being a sum value thereof is output.