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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2012
Yoshiharu Kudoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Ebihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Kudoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Ebihara, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device including a photoelectric conversion portion, plural signal lines including a transfer signal line to which a transfer signal for reading signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portion to a floating diffusion region is input, a driver circuit inputting desired signals into the plural signal lines, and a terminal circuit connected to a side opposite to a side of the transfer signal line where the driver circuit is connected and to which a control signal for securing the transfer signal line at a constant voltage is input before a desired signal of is input to the signal line adjacent to the transfer signal line.