Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-08
2010-10-05
Aggarwal, Yogesh K (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Solid-state image sensor
C348S297000, C348S302000, C348S312000, C348S308000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07808535
ABSTRACT:
To provide a semiconductor device and a driving method of the same that is capable of enlarging a signal amplitude value as well as increasing a range in which a linear input/output relationship operates while preventing a signal writing-in time from becoming long. The semiconductor device having an amplifying transistor and a biasing transistor and the driving method thereof, wherein an electric discharging transistor is provided and pre-discharge is performed.
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Aggarwal Yogesh K
Husch Blackwell Welsh & Katz
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co,. Ltd.
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