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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Seisuke Matsuda, Hachioji, JP;
Toru Kondo, Hino, JP;
Seisuke Matsuda, Hachioji, JP;
Toru Kondo, Hino, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having pixels two-dimensionally arranged into rows and columns each pixel containing a photoelectric converter, an amplifier for amplifying and outputting as pixel signal a signal electric charge of the photoelectric converter, and a reset circuit for resetting signal electric charges accumulated at the amplifier; a vertical scanning section for selecting a row to be read out of the pixel section; a vertical signal line provided column by column for outputting the signal from the pixel section; and a sample-and-hold type bias section connected to the vertical signal line containing at least a hold circuit for setting an electric current flowing into the amplifier. The sample-and-hold type bias section causes to generate an electric current corresponding to a voltage set at the hold circuit when signal electric charges accumulated at the photoelectric converter is read out from the amplifier.