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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Inoue, Ebina, JP;
Yasuharu Ota, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/361 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/3597 (2013.01); H04N 5/361 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image pick-up apparatus of an example includes a photoelectric conversion portion, a transfer transistor configured to transfer a charge in the photoelectric conversion portion, and a signal output circuit configured to supply selectively a first voltage to turn on the transfer transistor and a second voltage to turn off the transfer transistor to the transfer transistor. The signal output circuit is configured to supply the second voltage having a voltage value selected from two or more different voltage values based on an output signal from a pixel.