Imaging apparatus having pixel sensor

Details Imaging apparatus having pixel sensor Imaging apparatus having pixel sensor

2005-06-27

2009-10-06

Ho, Tuan V (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Solid-state image sensor

C348S241000, C348S308000, C348S302000, C348S222100, C250S208100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07598992

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having unit pixels disposed two-dimensionally in rows and columns, each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section and an amplifying section for amplifying output of the photoelectric conversion section to output a pixel signal; a vertical scanning section for selecting a row to be read out of the pixel section; a noise suppressing section having a noise suppressing function where a noise suppression of the pixel signal is effected unit pixel by unit pixel and a signal mixing function where a plurality of the pixel signal are mixed along a predetermined direction; a horizontal scanning section for causing the pixel signals along a horizontal direction processed through the noise suppressing section to be sequentially outputted from a horizontal signal line; and a mode control section for effecting a control in accordance with each mode of a first mode where pixel signals after the noise suppression are outputted onto the horizontal signal line and a second mode where pixel signals after a parallel processing combining the noise suppression and the signal mixing are outputted onto the horizontal signal line.

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patent: 2008/0079825 (2008-04-01), Matsuda
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