Solid image pick-up apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToru Koizumi, Katsuhito Sakurai, Hiroki Hiyama, Masaru Fujimura
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Abstract
A solid image pick-up apparatus having a plurality of sensor cells each of the sensor cells having a photoelectric converting device, includes a plurality of holding capacitances for holding signals from the plurality of sensor cells, a plurality of first switches for transferring signals of the plurality of holding capacitances, a plurality of blocking areas for connecting outputs of the plurality of first switches each blocking area connecting the outputs of a predetermined number of at least two of the first switches, a common signal line, and a plurality of second switches for transferring signals of the plurality of blocking areas to the common signal line.
Claims15
A solid image pick-up apparatus having a plurality of sensor cells each of the sensor cells having a photoelectric converting device, said solid image pick-up apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of holding capacitances for holding signals from the plurality of sensor cells;
- a plurality of first switches for transferring signals from said plurality of holding capacitances;
- a plurality of blocking areas for connecting outputs of said plurality of first switches each blocking area connecting the outputs of a predetermined number of at least two of said first switches;
- a common signal line;
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- a plurality of second switches for transferring signals from the plurality of blocking areas to said common signal line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.