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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2012
Koichiro Iwata, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazumichi Morita, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
Takuro Yamamoto, Funabashi, JP;
Koichiro Iwata, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazumichi Morita, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
Takuro Yamamoto, Funabashi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving method of an imaging apparatus comprises: horizontally transferring, by a horizontal scanning circuit, a signal based on a photoelectric conversion portion of a first pixel unit held in a signal holding capacitor to a common line; before ending of the horizontal transfer; applying, by a reset switch of a second pixel unit, a selection reset voltage to a floating diffusion region of the second pixel unit; and after the horizontal transfer, transferring, by a transfer switch of the second pixel unit, a signal of a photoelectric conversion portion of the second pixel unit to the floating diffusion region of the second pixel unit and amplifying, by an amplification transistor of the second pixel unit, a signal of the floating diffusion region of the second pixel unit to output the signal to an output line.