Solid-state imaging device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
InventorYutaka Okada
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Abstract
A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: plural pixels, plural readout circuits, a control circuit, and a driving circuit. The plural pixels have light receiving elements. The plural readout circuits are connected to each of the plural pixels, and read out the charges accumulated by the light receiving elements. The control circuit gives a readout instruction to a readout pixel serving as a readout target out of the plural pixels. The driving circuit gives a driving instruction for driving a first constant current source provided in the readout circuit of the readout pixel and a second constant current source provided in a readout circuit of a corresponding pixel associated with the readout pixel out of the plural pixels.
Claims10
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels including light receiving elements;
- a plurality of readout circuits that are connected to each of the plurality of pixels and configured to read out charges accumulated by the light receiving elements;
- a control circuit configured to give a readout instruction to a readout pixel serving as a readout target out of the plurality of pixels;
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- a driving circuit configured to give a driving instruction for driving a first constant current source provided in the readout circuit of the readout pixel, and a second constant current source provided in the readout circuit of a corresponding pixel associated with the readout pixel out of the plurality of pixels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.