DE3751285T2 - Fotoelektrische Umwandlungsvorrichtung. - Google Patents

Fotoelektrische Umwandlungsvorrichtung.

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DE3751285T2
DE3751285T2 DE3751285T DE3751285T DE3751285T2 DE 3751285 T2 DE3751285 T2 DE 3751285T2 DE 3751285 T DE3751285 T DE 3751285T DE 3751285 T DE3751285 T DE 3751285T DE 3751285 T2 DE3751285 T2 DE 3751285T2
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Prior art keywords
photoelectric conversion
conversion device
photoelectric
conversion
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DE3751285T
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DE3751285D1 (de
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Shigetoshi Sugawa
Nobuyoshi Tanaka
Toshiji Suzuki
Akira Ishizaki
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority claimed from JP61219669A external-priority patent/JP2741703B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP62006254A external-priority patent/JP2589297B2/ja
Application filed by Canon Inc filed Critical Canon Inc
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Publication of DE3751285D1 publication Critical patent/DE3751285D1/de
Publication of DE3751285T2 publication Critical patent/DE3751285T2/de
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/41—Extracting pixel data from a plurality of image sensors simultaneously picking up an image, e.g. for increasing the field of view by combining the outputs of a plurality of sensors
    • 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
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/701—Line sensors
    • 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
    • H04N3/1581—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 using linear image-sensor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
  • Facsimile Heads (AREA)
DE3751285T 1986-09-19 1987-09-16 Fotoelektrische Umwandlungsvorrichtung. Expired - Lifetime DE3751285T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP61219669A JP2741703B2 (ja) 1986-09-19 1986-09-19 光電変換装置
JP62006254A JP2589297B2 (ja) 1987-01-16 1987-01-16 撮像装置

Publications (2)

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DE3751285D1 DE3751285D1 (de) 1995-06-14
DE3751285T2 true DE3751285T2 (de) 1995-10-12

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DE3751285T Expired - Lifetime DE3751285T2 (de) 1986-09-19 1987-09-16 Fotoelektrische Umwandlungsvorrichtung.

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US (1) US4835404A (de)
EP (2) EP0593139A3 (de)
DE (1) DE3751285T2 (de)

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EP0260956B1 (de) 1995-05-10
DE3751285D1 (de) 1995-06-14
EP0593139A2 (de) 1994-04-20
US4835404A (en) 1989-05-30
EP0260956A2 (de) 1988-03-23
EP0260956A3 (en) 1989-09-27
EP0593139A3 (en) 1994-08-10

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