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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ginjiro Toyoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Kikuchi, Isehara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array, an effective signal line, a dummy pixel, a dummy signal line, and a processing unit. The effective pixels in the pixel array include a photoelectric converter, a charge-voltage converter, and an output unit. The dummy pixel includes a charge-voltage that has the same configuration as the charge-voltage converter of the effective pixel, and an output unit. A shortest distance between the charge-voltage converter of the dummy pixel and the effective signal line is longer than a shortest distance between the charge-voltage converter of the dummy pixel and the dummy signal line.