SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND CAMERA USING THE SAME
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A solid state imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells each including a plurality of photoelectric sections arranged in an array of at least two rows and two columns; a plurality of floating diffusion sections each being connected to each of ones of the photoelectric sections which are included in the same row of each said photoelectric conversion cell via each of a plurality of transfer transistors, and being shared by said ones of the photoelectric sections; a plurality of read-out lines each being selectively connected to at least two of the transfer transistors; and a plurality of pixel amplifier transistors each detecting and outputting the potential of each said the floating diffusion section. Charges of the photoelectric conversion sections each being connected to one of the read-out lines and being read out by the transfer transistors are read out by different floating diffusion sections.
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31. A solid state imaging apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections arranged in an array of at least two rows and one column; a plurality of floating diffusion sections each being connected to each of ones of the photoelectric conversion sections which are included in each said photoelectric conversion cell via each of a plurality of transfer transistors; a plurality of read-out lines each being selectively connected to at least two of the transfer transistors; and a plurality of pixel amplifier transistors each detecting and outputting the potential of each said floating diffusion section, wherein the read-out lines are disposed within the photoelectric conversion cells, and each said pixel amplifier transistor is arranged between ones of the photoelectric conversion cells which are adjacent to each other in the row direction. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A solid state imaging apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections arranged in an array of at least two rows and one column; a plurality of floating diffusion sections each being connected to each of ones of the photoelectric conversion sections which are included in each said photoelectric conversion cell via each of a plurality of transfer transistors; a plurality of read-out lines each being selectively connected to at least two of the transfer transistors; and a plurality of pixel amplifier transistors each detecting and outputting the potential of each said floating diffusion section, wherein the read-out lines are disposed between ones of photoelectric conversion sections which are adjacent to each other in the row direction in the same column and do not share each said floating diffusion section. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A solid state imaging apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections arranged in an array of at least two rows and one column; a plurality of floating diffusion sections each being connected to each of ones of the photoelectric conversion sections which are included in each said photoelectric conversion cell via each of a plurality of transfer transistors; a plurality of read-out lines each being selectively connected to at least two of the transfer transistors; and a plurality of pixel amplifier transistors each detecting and outputting the potential of each said floating diffusion section, wherein each said pixel amplifier transistor is disposed between ones of photoelectric conversion sections which are adjacent to each other in the row direction in the same column and share each said floating diffusion section. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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