Image sensor and electronic camera
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorOsamu SARUWATARI
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Abstract
An image sensor includes: (1) a first pixel and a second pixel each including: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light and generates an electric charge; and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge, the first pixel and the second pixel being arranged in a row direction; (2) a first supply unit that supplies a signal which controls the transfer unit of the first pixel; and (3) a second supply unit that supplies a signal which controls the transfer unit of the second pixel.
Claims1
An image sensor, comprising
- a first voltage source that supplies a first voltage and
- a plurality of pixels supplied with the first voltage, wherein
- the pixels each include:
- a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light;
- an accumulation unit to which an electric charge resulting from photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion unit is transferred and accumulated;
- a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit;
- a second voltage source that supplies a second voltage;
- and
- a supply unit that supplies the transfer unit with a transfer signal based on either the first voltage supplied by the first voltage source or the second voltage supplied by the second voltage source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.