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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Nomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Makino, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Mabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Haruta, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinjiro Kameda, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A MOS type solid state imaging device in which unit pixels, each having a photodiode, a transfer transistor for transferring the signal of the photodiode to a floating node, an amplifier transistor for outputting the signal of the floating node to a vertical signal line, and a reset transistor for resetting the floating node are arrayed in a matrix. A gate voltage of the reset transistor is controlled by three values of a power source potential (for example 3V), a ground potential (0V), and a negative power source potential (for example −1V).