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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:
Jun. 05, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Brillnics Japan Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shunsuke Okura, Tokyo, JP;

Isao Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2327 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14616 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14654 (2013.01); H04N 5/2176 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/35554 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of motion distortion while realizing widening of dynamic range and in turn realizing a higher image quality are provided. Each pixel includes a photo diode PD which accumulates a charge generated by photo-electric conversion in an accumulation period, a transfer transistor capable of transferring the accumulated charge in a transfer period, a floating diffusion FD to which the charge accumulated in the photo diode PD is transferred, a source-follower transistor which converts the charge of the floating diffusion FD to a voltage signal in accordance with the charge quantity, and a capacity changing portion capable of changing the capacity of the floating diffusion FD in accordance with a capacity changing signal, the capacity of the floating diffusion FD being changed by the capacity changing portion in a predetermined period in one readout period with respect to the accumulation period and a conversion gain being switched in this one readout period.


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