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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yusuke Higashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Takao Marukame, Tokyo, JP;

Masamichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Koichiro Zaitsu, Kanagawa, JP;

Haiyang Peng, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroki Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuichiro Mitani, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/15 (2006.01); G11C 19/28 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/1469 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); G11C 11/15 (2013.01); G11C 11/16 (2013.01); G11C 13/0002 (2013.01); G11C 19/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an embodiment, an imaging element includes a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of scanning circuits, a first line comprising a plurality of nodes, and a plurality of first variable resistance elements. The plurality of scanning circuits are respectively connected to the plurality of light receiving elements. Each of the plurality of first variable resistance elements is connected between the corresponding one of the nodes and a corresponding one of the scanning circuits. At least one of the first variable resistance elements includes a plurality of resistance elements connected to each other in parallel.


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