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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Takahiro Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;

Makoto Yarino, Kyoto, JP;

Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/363 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2013.01); H01L 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/14692 (2013.01); H04N 5/363 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the semiconductor substrate in rows and columns; a column signal line formed for each of the columns; an inverting amplifier connected to the column signal line; and a feedback line, provided for each of the columns, to feed back output signal of the inverting amplifier to pixels in a corresponding column, wherein the amplifying transistor includes a gate connected to the pixel electrode and outputs signal voltage corresponding to the pixel electrode to a column signal line via the selection transistor, and one of a source and a drain of the reset transistor is connected to the pixel electrode and the other is connected to a corresponding feedback line.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…