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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Keisuke Yazawa, Osaka, JP;
Motonori Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihisa Kato, Shiga, JP;
Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/363 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/363 (2013.01); H01L 27/307 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3741 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel including: a photoelectric converter that generates a signal charge corresponding to incident light; a charge storage section that is connected to the photoelectric converter and accumulates signal charge; a reset transistor; an amplifying transistor; and a cutoff transistor, wherein the amplifying transistor and the cutoff transistor form a negative feedback amplifying circuit.