DE3650714T2 - Anordnung und Verfahren zum photoelektrischen Umformen von Licht in elektrische Signale - Google Patents

Anordnung und Verfahren zum photoelektrischen Umformen von Licht in elektrische Signale

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DE3650714T2
DE3650714T2 DE3650714T DE3650714T DE3650714T2 DE 3650714 T2 DE3650714 T2 DE 3650714T2 DE 3650714 T DE3650714 T DE 3650714T DE 3650714 T DE3650714 T DE 3650714T DE 3650714 T2 DE3650714 T2 DE 3650714T2
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electrode region
control electrode
carriers
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DE3650714T
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DE3650714D1 (de
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Shigetoshi Sugawa
Nobuyoshi Tanaka
Toshiji Suzuki
Tadahiro Ohmi
Tadanori Harada
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority claimed from JP60252654A external-priority patent/JPH06101814B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP60269873A external-priority patent/JPH0746839B2/ja
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Publication of DE3650714T2 publication Critical patent/DE3650714T2/de
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N3/00—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages
    • H04N3/10—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical
    • H04N3/14—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by means of electrically scanned solid-state devices
    • H04N3/15—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by means of electrically scanned solid-state devices for picture signal generation
    • H04N3/155—Control of the image-sensor operation, e.g. image processing within the image-sensor
    • H04N3/1568—Control of the image-sensor operation, e.g. image processing within the image-sensor for disturbance correction or prevention within the image-sensor, e.g. biasing, blooming, smearing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144—Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146—Imager structures
    • H01L27/14681—Bipolar transistor imagers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/60—Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise
    • H04N25/62—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels
    • H04N25/621—Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels for the control of blooming
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
  • Fire-Detection Mechanisms (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
  • Optical Head (AREA)
  • Switches Operated By Changes In Physical Conditions (AREA)
DE3650714T 1985-11-13 1986-11-13 Anordnung und Verfahren zum photoelektrischen Umformen von Licht in elektrische Signale Expired - Fee Related DE3650714T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP60252654A JPH06101814B2 (ja) 1985-11-13 1985-11-13 光電変換装置
JP60269873A JPH0746839B2 (ja) 1985-11-29 1985-11-29 光電変換装置

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DE3650714D1 DE3650714D1 (de) 1999-04-08
DE3650714T2 true DE3650714T2 (de) 1999-09-02

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DE3650714T Expired - Fee Related DE3650714T2 (de) 1985-11-13 1986-11-13 Anordnung und Verfahren zum photoelektrischen Umformen von Licht in elektrische Signale
DE8686308863T Expired - Fee Related DE3686807T2 (de) 1985-11-13 1986-11-13 Anordnung und verfahren zum photoelektrischen umformen von licht in elektrische signale.

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Country Status (5)

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US (1) US4847668A (de)
EP (2) EP0489724B1 (de)
AT (2) ATE177250T1 (de)
CA (1) CA1289242C (de)
DE (2) DE3650714T2 (de)

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US5760458A (en) * 1996-10-22 1998-06-02 Foveonics, Inc. Bipolar-based active pixel sensor cell with poly contact and increased capacitive coupling to the base region
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EP2487897B1 (de) * 2009-10-05 2016-09-14 National University Corporation Shizuoka University Halbleiterelement und festkörperbildaufnahmevorrichtung
JP5818455B2 (ja) 2011-02-17 2015-11-18 キヤノン株式会社 固体撮像装置およびその製造方法
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JPH0760888B2 (ja) * 1985-06-12 1995-06-28 キヤノン株式会社 光電変換装置

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EP0222624A1 (de) 1987-05-20
EP0489724A2 (de) 1992-06-10
DE3650714D1 (de) 1999-04-08
DE3686807D1 (de) 1992-10-29
ATE177250T1 (de) 1999-03-15
CA1289242C (en) 1991-09-17
EP0489724B1 (de) 1999-03-03
ATE80964T1 (de) 1992-10-15
DE3686807T2 (de) 1993-04-01
EP0489724A3 (en) 1992-12-16
US4847668A (en) 1989-07-11
EP0222624B1 (de) 1992-09-23

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