Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-27
2005-09-27
Groody, James J. (Department: 2615)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Solid-state image sensor
C257S292000, C250S208100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06950136
ABSTRACT:
In a solid-state image-sensing device, when image sensing is performed, in each pixel, MOS transistors T1and T5are turned on and a MOS transistor T6is turned off so that a MOS transistor T2operates in a subthreshold region. When resetting is preformed, in each pixel, the MOS transistors T1and T5are turned off and the MOS transistor T6is turned on so that the gate voltage of the MOS transistor T2is kept constant. In this state, the MOS transistor T2is brought first into a conducting state and then, by turning a signal φVPS to a high level, into a cut-off state. This permits a signal proportional to the threshold value of the MOS transistor T2to be output as compensation data.
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Hagihara Yoshio
Takada Kenji
Groody James J.
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Tran Nhan
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