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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2013
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshiaki Ito, Tokyo, JP;

Gen Kasai, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/372 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37213 (2013.01); H01L 27/14831 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/35554 (2013.01); H04N 5/365 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solid-state imaging unit includes: a pixel section including a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion section, a charge-voltage conversion section, and a transfer transistor transferring charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion section to the charge-voltage conversion section; and a storage section storing information about an optimum value of an intermediate voltage to be applied to a gate of the transfer transistor at time of an intermediate transfer operation when a signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion section is divided to be read in a predetermined times of the intermediate transfer operations and a complete transfer operation.


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