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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Hagihara, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections configured to generate a signal charge according to an amount of an incident light and disposed in a matrix, a first accumulation section configured to accumulate the signal charge, a first transfer section configured to transfer the signal charge from the photoelectric conversion sections to the first accumulation section, a second accumulation section configured to accumulate the signal charge accumulated in the first accumulation section, a second transfer section configured to transfer the signal charge accumulated in the first accumulation section to the second accumulation section, a reset section configured to reset the signal charge accumulated in the second accumulation section, an output section configured to output a signal according to the signal charge accumulated in the second accumulation section, and first and second control sections configured to control each section for every row or column.