The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Hiroki Hiyama, Zama, JP;
Toru Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhito Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiro Inui, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Fujimura, Atsugi, JP;
Tomoko Eguchi, Atsugi, JP;
Masanori Ogura, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroki Hiyama, Zama, JP;
Toru Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhito Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiro Inui, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Fujimura, Atsugi, JP;
Tomoko Eguchi, Atsugi, JP;
Masanori Ogura, Atsugi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image pickup apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit which converts incident light into an electrical signal and accumulates the electrical signal, an amplifier transistor which amplifies and outputs the signal from the photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer transistor which transfers the electrical signal accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit to the amplifier transistor, and a processing transistor which performs predetermined processing, and a control circuit which sets the signal level supplied to the control electrode of the transfer transistor in order to turn off the transfer transistor to be lower than the signal level supplied to the control electrode of the processing transistor in order to turn off the processing transistor.