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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2010
Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;
Tadao Endo, Honjo, JP;
Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya, JP;
Tomoyuki Yagi, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Sho Sato, Honjo, JP;
Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;
Tadao Endo, Honjo, JP;
Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya, JP;
Tomoyuki Yagi, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Sho Sato, Honjo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a conversion unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel including a conversion element, an output switch element, and an initialization switch element; an output drive circuit controls an output operation; an initialization drive circuit controls an initialization operation; and a readout circuit performs a signal sample-and-hold operation and a reset operation. A control unit performs termination of the output operation of a certain row and start of the output operation of another row after the termination of the reset operation, the start of the signal sample-and-hold operation after the termination of the output operation of the certain row and the start of the output operation of the other row, the start of the reset operation and the initialization operation after the termination of the signal sample-and-hold operation, and the termination of the reset operation after the termination of the initialization operation.