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US 2022/0037391 A1Published application
Image sensor and image capture device
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsMasahiro JUEN, Atsushi KOMAI
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Abstract
An image sensor includes: a plurality of pixels having photoelectric conversion units that convert incident light to charges, and readout units; a first signal line, connected to the plurality of pixels, that outputs a first signal transferred to the readout unit based upon the charge converted by the photoelectric conversion unit; and a second signal line, connected to the plurality of pixels, that outputs a second signal after the readout unit has been reset.
Claims12
An image sensor, comprising:
- a photoelectric conversion unit that converts light to charge;
- a transfer unit that transfers the charge converted by the photoelectric conversion unit;
- a floating diffusion to which the charge converted by the photoelectric conversion unit is transferred by the transfer unit;
- a reset unit that resets a potential of the floating diffusion to a reset potential:
- a first signal line to which a first signal is outputted, the first signal being based upon the potential of the floating diffusion to which the charge has been transferred by the transfer unit from the photoelectric conversion unit;
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- a second signal line to which a second signal is outputted, the second signal being based upon the reset potential of the floating diffusion that is reset by the reset unit has been reset.
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