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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinichiro Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Matsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichiro Yamashita, Sendai, JP;
Toshiaki Ono, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H04N 5/3577 (2013.01); H04N 5/3658 (2013.01); H04N 5/376 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes a clipping circuit that clips the voltage of an input node of an amplifying unit in a pixel. The clipping circuit can operate at least in a time period in which a charge is transferred from a photoelectric conversion unit to the input node of the amplifying unit, and can switch among multiple clipping voltages.