Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100289933 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing device characterized by comprising: a pixel array; a plurality of first holding capacitances; a plurality of second holding capacitances; a first reference power supply pattern; and a second reference power supply pattern, wherein at least part of the first reference power supply pattern is arranged in a first region where reference power supply electrodes of the plurality of first holding capacitances are arrayed, at least part of the second reference power supply pattern is arranged in a second region where reference power supply electrodes of the plurality of second holding capacitances are arrayed, and the first reference power supply pattern and the second reference power supply pattern are isolated in a region including the first region and the second region. | 11-18-2010 |
20110069210 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus, for correcting a cross talk between adjacent pixels, includes: a memory unit for storing a correction parameter for reducing a cross talk signal leaked to an object pixel from an adjacent pixel, the correction parameter corresponding to a position of the object pixel; and a correcting unit for subtracting, based on the correction parameter stored in the memory unit, the cross talk signal from a pixel signal of the solid-state imaging apparatus correspondingly to a position of the pixel, wherein a number of the object pixel is at least two, and the at least two object pixels have different addresses in a horizontal direction, and different addresses in a vertical direction. | 03-24-2011 |
20110242380 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus is provided that including a plurality of amplifiers each one amplifying a signal from each one of a plurality of pixels. The amplifier including first and second field effect transistors, gate electrodes of which are connected to the same voltage node (VBL); and a first wiring connected between the voltage node and the gate electrodes of the first and second field effect transistors. The first and second field effect transistors are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the plurality of amplifiers is arranged. Material of the first wiring has a resistivity smaller than that of the gate electrodes of the first and second field effect transistors. | 10-06-2011 |
20120153367 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A power supply wiring and a pad are arranged on a first wiring layer. Then, the power supply wiring and the pad are arranged so as not to be mutually overlapped. Signal wirings are arranged on a second wiring layer. Another signal wiring is arranged on a layer different from the second wiring layer. The other signal wiring is arranged below the pad so as to be overlapped with the pad. The signal wirings and the other signal wiring are mutually connected by a plug. A buffer is arranged between the pad and the other signal wiring. | 06-21-2012 |
20130107096 | SCANNING CIRCUIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, AND CAMERA | 05-02-2013 |
20130258148 | AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An amplification circuit includes an amplifier, a first capacitor including a first terminal connected to an input terminal of the amplifier, a second capacitor including a first terminal connected to the input terminal of the amplifier and a second terminal connected to an output terminal of the amplifier, and a correction unit configured to correct a difference in bias dependency between capacitance values of the first and second capacitors. | 10-03-2013 |
20130285189 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - In a semiconductor device including unit cells which are aligned in one direction, wirings disposed along end portions in the one direction have high Young's moduli. | 10-31-2013 |
20140016007 | READOUT CIRCUIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING READOUT CIRCUIT - A readout circuit includes: an amplifier ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140078335 | SCANNING CIRCUIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, AND CAMERA - A scanning circuit, comprising first signal lines, second signal lines, third signal lines, a drive unit configured to drive the first signal lines, first buffers configured to drive the second signal lines in accordance with signals of the first signal lines, second buffers configured to drive the third signal lines in accordance with the signals of the first signal lines, and a shift register having a first part to be driven by signals of the second signal lines and a second part to be driven by signals of the third signal lines, wherein the first to third signal lines include two signal lines arranged in parallel to each other and configured to transmit the in-phase signals. | 03-20-2014 |
20140091202 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to an imaging apparatus capable of reducing fluctuation in voltage in a current supply line due to fluctuation in a current consumption amount generated when an output circuit shifts from a first state to a second state, and a method for driving the imaging apparatus. | 04-03-2014 |
20140253767 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A sensor has first pixels each including one of red, green and blue color filters, and second pixels each including one of red, green and blue color filters. In the first and second pixels including color filters of the same color, light transmittances of the light transmissive portions are different. A light transmittance of the light transmissive portion of the first pixel including the red color filter is lower than that of the light transmissive portion of the first pixel including the green color filter, and a light transmittance of the transmissive portion of the first pixel including the green color filter is lower than that of the light transmissive portion of the first pixel including the blue color filter. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253774 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion apparatus capable of preventing dark current noise due to a leakage current of a transistor and improving the signal-to-noise ratio. A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel which in turn includes a photoelectric conversion element adapted to convert light into an electric charge, buffers whose input terminals are connected to an output terminal of the photoelectric conversion element and which buffer a voltage corresponding to the electric charge of the photoelectric conversion element, a capacitor whose first electrode is connected to an output terminal of the photoelectric conversion element, a first switch connected between a second electrode of the capacitor and output terminals of the buffers, and a second switch connected between the second electrode of the capacitor and a fixed voltage node. | 09-11-2014 |