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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yukinobu Sugiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kenta Endo, Hamamatsu, JP;
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a photodetecting unit, a row control unit, a column control unit, and a signal readout unit. The photodetecting unit includes M×N pixel units P() to P(M,N) two-dimensionally arrayed in M rows and N columns. Each pixel unit P(m,n) includes a photodiode PD, an amplifying transistor Tr, a transfer transistor Tr, a readout transistor Tr, a first initialization transistor Tr, and a second initialization transistor Tr. One of the transfer transistor Trand the first initialization transistor Trperforms an on/off operation based on a control signal output from the row control unit, and the other performs an on/off operation based on a control signal output from the column control unit.