Title:
SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR OPERATING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/179442
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging element, a method for operating a solid-state imaging element, an imaging device, and an electronic device which achieve power saving of a solid-state imaging element.
Before switching is performed such that a signal output of an (N+1)th row driver is transmitted after a signal output of an Nth row driver to be outputted on the basis of a selection signal of a vertical scanning unit has been outputted, the Nth row and (N+1)th row drivers are brought into a floating state, and control signal lines to which the signal outputs of the drivers are transmitted are short-circuited, thereby dispersing charge and increasing the potential of the next (N+1)th row control signal line to an intermediate potential. Thereafter, the (N+1)th row driver outputs the signal output. Consequently, the (N+1)th row driver can reduce power consumption since only a shift from the intermediate potential to a Hi level is required. The present disclosure is applicable to a solid-state imaging element.
Inventors:
HANZAWA KATSUHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/013507
Publication Date:
October 19, 2017
Filing Date:
March 31, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/376; H04N5/374
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015182390A1 | 2015-12-03 |
Foreign References:
| JP2014050019A | 2014-03-17 | |||
| JP2015211259A | 2015-11-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NISHIKAWA Takashi et al. (JP)
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