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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image-capturing device has a plurality of pixels and first and second substrates in which circuit elements constituting the pixels are arranged and which are electrically connected through a connection unit. The solid-state image-capturing device includes: a photoelectric conversion element included in the pixel of the first substrate; a first current source; a first amplification transistor having a source or a drain connected to the first current source and a gate to which a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element is input; a second current source; a switch configured to switch ON and OFF of a connection between a vertical signal line and the second current source and to be turned off when the gate of the first amplification transistor is reset; a voltage output circuit configured to output a power supply voltage to the vertical signal line when the gate of the first amplification transistor is reset.