Solid-state imaging apparatus with plural readout modes, and electronic equipment
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuichiro Araki, Masaru Kikuchi
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Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel array section in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix form, and a plurality of systematic pixel drive lines to transmit drive signals to read out signals from the pixels are arranged for each pixel row; and a row scanning section to simultaneously output the drive signals through the plurality of systematic pixel drive lines to a plurality of pixel rows for different pixel columns.
Claims8
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising:
- a pixel array section in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix form, and systematic pixel drive lines to transmit drive signals to read out signals from the pixels are arranged in a row direction and correspond to pixel rows;
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- a row scanning section configured to output the drive signals through the systematic pixel drive lines to corresponding pixel rows, the row scanning section being configured to output the drive signals through pixel drive lines corresponding to every third pixel row, such that a first pixel row and a fourth pixel row simultaneously receive the drive signals, wherein the row scanning section does not output the drive signals through the systematic pixel drive lines corresponding to a second pixel row and a third pixel row while the first and fourth pixel rows simultaneously receives the drive signals.
A driving method of a solid-state imaging apparatus comprising the steps of:
- in driving of the solid-state imaging apparatus in which systematic pixel drive lines to transmit drive signals to read out signals from the pixels are arranged in a row direction and correspond to pixel rows in a pixel array section in which the pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix form,
- simultaneously outputting, by a row scanning section, the drive signals through the systematic pixel drive lines to corresponding pixel rows, the row scanning section being configured to output the drive signals through pixel drive lines corresponding to every third pixel row, such that a first pixel row and a fourth pixel row simultaneously receive the drive signals, wherein the row scanning section does not output the drive signals through the systematic pixel drive lines corresponding to a second pixel row and a third pixel row while the first and fourth pixel rows simultaneously receive the drive signals.
An electronic equipment comprising:
- a solid-state imaging apparatus that includes
- a pixel array section in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix form, and systematic pixel drive lines to transmit drive signals to read out signals from the pixels are arranged in a row direction and correspond to pixel rows;
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- a row scanning section to simultaneously output the drive signals through the systematic pixel drive lines to corresponding pixel rows, the row scanning section being configured to output the drive signals through pixel drive lines corresponding to every third pixel row, such that a first pixel row and a fourth pixel row simultaneously receive the drive signals, wherein the row scanning section does not output the drive signals through the systematic pixel drive lines corresponding to a second pixel row and third pixel row while the first and fourth pixel rows simultaneously receive the drive signals.
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