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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Iwane, Sagamihara, JP;
Akira Okita, Yamato, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus including a pixel array, the column signal lines, arranged so as to correspond to each column of the pixel array, for reading out signals from the pixel array, the current sources, for supplying currents corresponding to potentials of controlling terminals of the current sources to the column signal lines, and a supplying unit for supplying a first potential and a second potential to the controlling terminals, wherein in a first mode for reading out the signals from the pixel array, the supplying unit supplies the first potential to the controlling terminals, and in a second mode for stopping the reading out, the supplying unit supplies the second potential to the controlling terminals, and the currents supplied by the current sources of the second mode is smaller than that of the first mode.