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US 11,146,752 B2Granted
Solid-state imaging apparatus, driving method of the solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic equipment
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuichiro Araki, Masaru Kikuchi
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Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel array section in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix form, and a plurality of systematic pixel drive lines to transmit drive signals to read out signals from the pixels are arranged for each pixel row; and a row scanning section to simultaneously output the drive signals through the plurality of systematic pixel drive lines to a plurality of pixel rows for different pixel columns.
Claims26
An imaging device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix including a plurality of columns of pixels and a plurality of rows of pixels, wherein the plurality of pixels comprises:
- a first pixel in a nth row including a first photodiode;
- a second pixel in a (n+1)th row including a second photodiode;
- a third pixel in a (n+2)th row including a third photodiode;
- a fourth pixel in a (n+3)th row including a fourth photodiode;
- a fifth pixel in the nth row including a fifth photodiode;
- a sixth pixel in the nth row including a sixth photodiode;
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- a seventh pixel in the nth row including a seventh photodiode;
- a plurality of vertical signal lines coupled to the plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of vertical signal lines comprises, for each column of the plurality of columns of pixels in the matrix, a first vertical signal line and a second vertical signal line different from the first vertical signal line;
- a plurality of horizontal pixel drive lines coupled to the plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of horizontal pixel drive lines comprises a first horizontal pixel drive line and a second horizontal pixel drive line;
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- a plurality of comparators coupled to the plurality of vertical signal lines via switch circuitry,
- wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel are in an ith column,
- wherein the first pixel is adjacent to the fifth pixel, and the sixth pixel is adjacent to the seventh pixel,
- wherein the first pixel and the third pixel are coupled to the first vertical signal line, and the second pixel and the fourth pixel are coupled to the second vertical signal line,
- wherein the plurality of comparators includes a first comparator coupled to the first vertical signal line and the second vertical signal line via the switch circuitry, and
- wherein the first photodiode and the sixth photodiode are configured to receive light within a first range of wavelengths and the fifth photodiode and the seventh photodiode are configured to receive light within a second range of wavelengths different from the first range of wavelengths.
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A light detecting device, comprising:
- an imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix including a plurality of columns of pixels and a plurality of rows of pixels, wherein the plurality of pixels comprises:
- a first pixel in a nth row including a first photodiode;
- a second pixel in a (n+1)th row including a second photodiode;
- a third pixel in a (n+2)th row including a third photodiode;
- a fourth pixel in a (n+3)th row including a fourth photodiode;
- a fifth pixel in the nth row including a fifth photodiode;
- a sixth pixel in the nth row including a sixth photodiode;
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- a seventh pixel in the nth row including a seventh photodiode,
- a plurality of vertical signal lines coupled to the plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of vertical signal lines comprises, for each column of the plurality of columns of pixels in the matrix, a first vertical signal line and a second vertical signal line different from the first vertical signal line;
- a plurality of horizontal pixel drive lines coupled to the plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of horizontal pixel drive lines comprises a first horizontal pixel drive line and a second horizontal pixel drive line;
- and
- a plurality of comparators coupled to the plurality of vertical signal lines via switch circuitry,
- wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel are in an ith column,
- wherein the first pixel is adjacent to the fifth pixel, and the sixth pixel is adjacent to the seventh pixel,
- wherein the first pixel and the third pixel are coupled to the first vertical signal line, and the second pixel and the fourth pixel are coupled to the second vertical signal line,
- wherein the plurality of comparators includes a first comparator coupled to the first vertical signal line and the second vertical signal line via the switch circuitry, and
- wherein the first photodiode and the sixth photodiode are configured to receive light within a first range of wavelengths and the fifth photodiode and the seventh photodiode are configured to receive light within a second range of wavelengths different from the first range of wavelengths.
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