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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Koide, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of unit circuits connected to a detection line, and a signal output circuit. Each of the plurality of unit circuits includes a light receiving device including an electrode connected to a wire and an electrode, and a transistor that controls electrical connection between the electrode and the detection line. The signal output circuit includes a light receiving device in a light-blocking state including an electrode connected to a wire and an electrode, and a detection circuit that outputs a detection signal according to a potential of a detection point between the electrode and the electrode when the light receiving device and the light receiving device are in a reverse bias state between the wire and the wire.