Patent ID: 9712770
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image sensor, comprising: a photoelectric conversion device, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor arranged in each of pixels partitioned by a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of row selection lines, the signal lines and the row selection lines being vertically and horizontally arranged, wherein the photoelectric conversion device has a first terminal connected to a gate terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal connected to a first power supply line, wherein the first transistor has a drain terminal connected to a second power supply line and a source terminal connected to a drain terminal of the second transistor, wherein the second transistor has a gate terminal connected to the row selection line and a source terminal connected to the signal line, wherein the third transistor has a gate terminal connected to the row selection line of an adjacent pixel row, a drain terminal connected to a third power supply line, and a source terminal connected to the first terminal of the photoelectric conversion device, wherein a signal is applied to the row selection line over an active period that is longer than a period in which a signal corresponding to one pixel row is read from the signal line, and wherein the active period partly overlaps a period in which a signal is applied to an adjacent row selection line in time.