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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Yoshitaka Egawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshitaka Egawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/355 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit where pixels are disposed in a matrix and a column amplifying circuit that is disposed at an end of the pixel array unit and amplifies a unit signal of a unit pixel read from each pixel with at least first and second amplification factors, and outputs a plurality of amplified signals.