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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Kazuhiro Saito, Chofu, JP;
Hirofumi Totsuka, Fujisawa, JP;
Manabu Nakanishi, Ebina, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to suppress a variation of a signal held by each signal holding unit, a solid-state imaging apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that, when a clamp operation of a pixel output signal is performed in the signal holding unit, a time changing rate of an amplitude of a drive pulse supplied to the selecting unit for turning from a non-conducting state to a conducting state is not larger than a time changing rate of the amplitude of the drive pulse supplied to the selecting unit for turning from the conducting state to the non-conducting state.