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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Michiru Senda, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image pickup device that includes: pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and one or more switching elements; control lines provided to perform open/close control of at least one first switching element; a buffer circuit provided for each control line, and configured to output a voltage to each control line; second switching elements each provided between corresponding one of the control lines and a power source of the corresponding buffer circuit; and a switch control circuit that is, upon image pickup driving, configured to control one of the second switching elements, provided between a defect holding line that includes an electrically short-circuited part in the plurality of control lines and the power source of the buffer circuit of the defect holding line, to be in an open state, and configured to control another one of the second switching elements to be in a closed state.