Ccd solid-state imaging device, drive method thereof and imaging apparatus
OwnerAkira TAMAKOSHIinventor
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Abstract
In a CCD solid-state imaging device that transfers, in an output charge transfer path, a first charge detected in a pixel of an effective pixel area and a second charge detected in a pixel of an optical black portion adjacent to the effective pixel area, and outputs the first and second charges, a charge transfer speed of the second charge is made lower than that of the first charge whenever the second charge is transferred in the output charge transfer path and is output.
Claims13
A method for driving a CCD solid-state imaging device that transfers, in an output charge transfer path, a first charge detected in a pixel of an effective pixel area and a second charge detected in a pixel of an optical black portion adjacent to the effective pixel area, and outputs the first and second charges,
- the method comprising making a charge transfer speed of the second charge lower than that of the first charge whenever the second charge is transferred in the output charge transfer path and is output.
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a CCD solid-state imaging device that transfers, in an output charge transfer path, a first charge detected in a pixel of an effective pixel area and a second charge detected in a pixel of an optical black portion adjacent to the effective pixel area, and outputs the first and second charges;
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- a drive section that drives the CCD solid-state imaging device so as to make a charge transfer speed of the second charge lower than that of the first charge whenever the second charge is transferred in the output charge transfer path and is output.
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