SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND CAMERA USING THE SAME
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Abstract
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; a plurality of pixel amplifier transistors each detecting and outputting the potential of each said the floating diffusion section; and a plurality of power supply lines applying voltage to drain sections of the pixel amplifier transistors, wherein the read-out lines and the power supply lines intersect with each other. - 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; a plurality of pixel amplifier transistors each detecting and outputting the potential of each said the floating diffusion section; and a plurality of signal lines each transferring an output from each said pixel amplifier transistor, wherein each said signal line is disposed between ones of the photoelectric conversion cells which are adjacent to each other in the column direction. - 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 first and second rows and first and second columns; a plurality of floating diffusion sections each being connected to corresponding photoelectric conversion sections in one of the first and second rows of a photoelectric conversion section, the photoelectric conversion sections in the second row of the one photoelectric conversion cell sharing one floating diffusion section with the photoelectric conversion sections in the first row of the another photoelectric conversion cell; a plurality of transfer transistors provided to the respective photoelectric conversion cells, each transfer transistors connecting corresponding one photoelectric conversion cell to a floating diffusion section; 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 floating diffusion section, wherein charges of the photoelectric conversion sections in the second row of the one photoelectric conversion cell and those of the photoelectric conversion sections in the first row of the another photoelectric conversion cell are transferred to the shared one floating diffusion section. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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