Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US16587519Application Date: 2019-09-30
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Publication No.: US11032499B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Yoshimichi Kumagai , Takashi Abe , Kazuyoshi Yamashita , Ryoto Yoshita
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JP2016-009365 20160121
- Main IPC: H04N5/361
- IPC: H04N5/361 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/369 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
A photoelectric converter generates a charge corresponding to the exposure amount during an exposure period. The generated-charge retention portion and the output charge retention portion retain the charge. The generated-charge transfer portion transfers the charge from the photoelectric converter to the generated-charge retention portion to perform the transfer after the elapse of the exposure period. The retained-charge transfer portion transfers the charge retained in the generated-charge retention portion to the output charge retention portion to perform the transfer. The generated-charge retention gate portion applies a control voltage that is a voltage for controlling potential of the generated-charge retention portion to the generated-charge retention portion during a period of the transfer and the retained-charge transfer, applies a bias voltage that is a voltage having a polarity different from the control voltage to the generated-charge retention portion during a period different from the period of the generated-charge transfer and the retained-charge transfer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200029037A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-23
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