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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Yuichiro Yamashita, Ebina, JP;
Shinichiro Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Matsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichiro Yamashita, Ebina, JP;
Shinichiro Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Matsuda, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a read-out node to which an electric charge generated in a photoelectric conversion unit is transferred, an output unit configured to convert the electric charge transferred to the read-out node into a voltage and output the resultant voltage to a signal line, and a switch including a first node electrically connected to the read-out node. Each switch includes a second node different from the first node, and a particular number of second nodes are electrically connected to a common bypass wiring.