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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138528 | Solid state image pickup device and manufacturing method therefor A MOS-type solid-state image pickup device, on a semiconductor substrate, includes a photoelectric conversion unit having a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a third semiconductor re... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8089545 | Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof, and camera A solid-state image pickup device having a pixel includes a photoelectric conversion unit generating and accumulating charge by photoelectric conversion; a charge holding unit being shielded from light, and being adaptable to accumulate a part of charge spilling fro... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7872286 | Image pickup device, its control method, and camera An image pickup device, wherein a part of the carriers overflowing from the photoelectric conversion unit for a period of photoelectrically generating and accumulating the carriers may be flowed into the floating diffusion region, and a pixel signal generating unit ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7724292 | Color filter array for a CMOS sensor for generating a color signal in an image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus having a plurality of pixels; and a color filter array of four colors disposed on the plurality of pixels, wherein the color filter away has a periodicity of two rows×two columns, and colors of four color filters in a periodical unit of tw... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7705373 | Solid state image pickup device and manufacturing method therefor A MOS-type solid-state image pickup device includes a photoelectric conversion unit having a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type forming a pn-junction with the first semiconductor regio... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7538810 | Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof, and camera An object of the invention is to cause a part of charge spilling from a photoelectric conversion unit to flow into a charge holding unit and thereby extend dynamic range and at the same time improve image quality. There is provided a solid-state image pickup device ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7466003 | Solid state image pickup device, camera, and driving method of solid state image pickup device A solid state image pickup device that can properly widen a dynamic range is provided. Carriers that have overflowed from photodiodes (1003a to 1003c) to lateral overflow regions (1010a to 1010c) and carriers a... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7456882 | Image pickup device An image pickup device includes pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a transfer switch for transferring a photoelectric conversion signal generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a driver for applying a pulse to the transfer switch a ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7274394 | Solid state image pickup device and manufacturing method therefor A method of manufacturing a MOS-type solid-state image pickup device having a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer MOS transistor, a gate electrode disposed on an insulating film and a semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion unit and the t... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7142233 | Image pickup element To output a color image signal of an arbitrary basic block and facilitate processing on the output side, an image pickup element including a plurality of photodetectors each having a color filter array, a vertical direction selection circuit for selecting in the ver... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129985 | Image sensing apparatus arranged on a single substrate A sensor integrated on a single semiconductor substrate comprises a sensor block including a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels each including a light-receiving element and scanning units for selecting a pixel of the pixel unit, and a signal processing block... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110030 | Solid state image pickup apparatus In the solid state image pickup apparatus, in order to achieve complete transfer of the charge from the photodiode to the floating diffusion area, there is provided a pickup apparatus having a photoelectric conversion element, a transfer switch consisting of a MOS t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6980243 | Photoelectric conversion device providing advantageous readout of two-dimensional array of transistors The present invention is intended to provide a photoelectric conversion device provided with a plurality of groups comprising a plurality of adjacent photoelectric conversion elements, wherein the plurality of groups are respectively provided with a detection circui... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963372 | Solid-state image sensing apparatus and method of operating the same In a solid-state image sensing apparatus, each pixel includes a photodiode, a MOS amplifier whose gate receives photo-charge generated by the photodiode, and a MOS switch for controlling connection between the photodiode and the gate of the MOS amplifier, and transf... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6850278 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus This invention is to provide a solid-state image pickup apparatus including a photoelectric conversion unit (PD), transfer switch (MTX) for transferring signal charges from the photoelectric conversion unit, capacitance for holding the transferred signal charges, an... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6839084 | Image pickup apparatus capable of switching modes based on signals from photoelectric conversion pixels In order to select an image pickup mode corresponding to purposes, there is provided a photoelectric conversion device comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion pixels; and a control circuit for controlling a first mode for reading out first and second sign... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6831685 | Solid-state image pickup element This invention is to provide a solid-state image pickup element including a sensor unit including a plurality of lines of photoelectric conversion units for generating charges from received light by photoelectric conversion, a memory unit including a plurality of li... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6784928 | Solid state image pickup device and signal reading method thereof A solid state image pickup device has a drive unit with an all pixel drive mode for reading all pixels in a horizontal direction and a pixel skip drive mode for reading pixels in the horizontal direction by skipping some pixels, and a plurality of read-out systems f... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6757016 | Image pickup apparatus with color filter array and means for adding and subtracting signals To provide an image pickup apparatus that generates an image signal having a high resolution both horizontally and vertically, the filter arrangement for a color filter array used in the apparatus is so designed that the colors of the filters in a cyclic patterned u... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6684000 | Image sensing device capable of outputting image signals by blocks and processing circuit which processes image signals by blocks Control to read signals from a sensor unit having a plurality of pixels by pixel blocks of a predetermined size, and the read signals are processed into pseudo luminance and color signals by pixel blocks of the predetermined size.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6670990 | Image sensing device using MOS-type image sensing element whose threshold voltage of charge transfer switch and reset switch is different from that of signal output transistor In a photoelectric conversion device having a plurality of pixel cells each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element, a field effect transistor having the gate area for storing signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element an... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6661459 | Solid state image pickup device with LDD structure and reset transistor In a solid state image pickup device, in order to form a bypass region with precisely controlled impurity concentration and width, there is provided a solid state image pickup device comprising a photoelectric conversion unit composed of a first region of... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6657664 | Solid-state image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device is provided with plural blocks, each comprising at least two pixels, allowing reading of signals of pixel blocks at high speed without signal loss. The output signals of the blocks are connected in common, respectively th... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6605850 | Solid-state image pickup device using layers having different refractive indices To achieve a high density, high resolution, or size reduction, there is provided a solid-state image pickup device having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements formed in a semiconductor substrate, conductive layers formed on the semiconductor s... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6587603 | Sensor unit capable of outputting image signals by blocks and processing circuit which processes image signals by blocks Control to read signals from a sensor unit having a plurality of pixels by pixel blocks of a predetermined size, and the read signals are applied an operation to acquire distinctive information by pixel blocks of the predetermined size. The calculated dis... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6567571 | Image sensing device capable of outputting image signals by blocks and processing circuit which processes image signals by blocks Control to read signals from a sensor unit having a plurality of pixels by pixel blocks of a predetermined size, and the read signals are applied a sum of products operation by pixel blocks of the predetermined size. The calculated sum of products is appl... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6342920 | Photoelectric conversion device This invention provides an element having a skimming charge transfer function in an X-Y address type photoelectric conversion device using, e.g., a CMOS sensor, and a photoelectric conversion device, which accumulates photoelectric signal charges produced... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6188094 | Solid-state image pickup device To achieve a high density, high resolution, or size reduction, there is provided a solid-state image pickup device having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements formed in a semiconductor substrate, conductive layers formed on the semiconductor s... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6064431 | Photoelectric conversion device This invention provides an element having a skimming charge transfer function in an X-Y address type photoelectric conversion device using, e.g., a CMOS sensor, and a photoelectric conversion device, which accumulates photoelectric signal charges produced... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6002287 | Signal outputting apparatus In order to correct offset differences among chips, in a multi-chip signal outputting apparatus that connects a plurality of chips each having signal sources and output terminal, output signals from the signal sources of the chips are output via a correct... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5942920 | Dual buffer peak detecting apparatus To solve a problem that, as the number of signal sources for outputting peak values decreases, a peak output voltage decreases, and to improve detecting precision, there are provided a plurality of first buffer units Q11 .multidot.Q21 | 08/24/1999 |
| 5933188 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus and method with reset There is provided a photoelectric conversion apparatus capable of obtaining a high S/N ratio and subtracting an unnecessary component of the pixel output without using a memory. For this purpose, in a photoelectric conversion apparatus including plural ph... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5896050 | Signal generating circuit and peak detection circuit In order to eliminate an erroneous peak detection caused by turn-on characteristics of switches, a signal generating circuit comprises a first switching device for controlling the output of a first signal, a second switching device for controlling the out... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5886343 | Image sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of storing elements with both row and column parallel output circuitry An image sensor in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a two-dimensional form and which has reading circuitry for enabling output signals from the elements in the row direction and output signals from the elements in the... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5867045 | Signal processor comprising means for holding output signals of image sensors and means for mixing the held signals A signal processor with a simplified circuit configuration provides an improved processing speed and can be realized of small size and at inexpensive cost. The signal processor includes signal holding means for holding output signals from plural signal so... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5739565 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing process therefor A semiconductor device with holes of porous texture in a part of the surface of a semiconductor substrate. The holes are filled with a conductive material across an insulating layer.... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5726439 | Image sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of photodetectors with both column and row output circuits which are in parallel An image sensor in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a two-dimensional form and which has reading means for enabling output signals from the elements in the row direction and output signals from the elements in the col... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5714752 | Image pickup device in which the light receiving element, the drive circuit for illuminating means, and the drive circuit for the light receiving element are on the same chip An image pickup device comprises illuminating means for illuminating an object and an image pickup element for picking up an image of the object. An improvement is in that a drive circuit for driving the illuminating means and a control circuit for contro... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5693932 | Photoelectric converting apparatus with reduced electric power comsumption To obtain a photoelectric converting apparatus of a small electric power consumption and a detecting method of a target object by using such an apparatus, the apparatus is first set to a low power source voltage mode, a reset and a transient reset are per... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5663555 | Photo-electric converter with parallel connection elements and dual signal read out means An image information processing apparatus comprising a parallel connection circuit for parallelly connecting a plurality of photo-electric conversion elements, a combined signal read circuit for reading out a combined signal from the plurality of parallel... | 09/02/1997 |
