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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Mishina, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Nitta, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus for photographing an image, includes: a photoelectric converter to convert incident light an electric charge and accumulate the electric charge, a transfer element to transfer the electric charge accumulated in the photoelectric converter, a converter to convert the electric charge in the photoelectric converter transferred via the transfer element into a voltage, a reset element to reset potentials of the converter, and an amplifier to amplify a voltage converted by the converter to generate a pixel signal and output the pixel signal to a read signal line for reading the pixel signal. A plurality of the photoelectric converter and the transfer element are disposed at least in a horizontal direction share the amplifier and the read signal line.
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