Patent ID: 9674470
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for driving a semiconductor device including a first circuit, a second circuit, and a sixth transistor, comprising first to fourth steps, wherein the first circuit includes a first photoelectric conversion element, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, wherein the second circuit includes a second photoelectric conversion element, a fourth transistor, and a fifth transistor, wherein the first photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first node, wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first node, wherein the second photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to a second node, wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the second node, wherein one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor, wherein in the first step, the first transistor and the fourth transistor are each in an off state, wherein in the first step, the second transistor and the sixth transistor are each in an on state, wherein in the first step, a first potential corresponding to the amount of light received by the second photoelectric conversion element is written into the first node, wherein in the second step, the first transistor and the second transistor are each in an off state, wherein in the second step, the fourth transistor and the sixth transistor are each in an on state, wherein in the second step, a second potential corresponding to the amount of light received by the second photoelectric conversion element is written into the second node, wherein in the third step, data corresponding to the first potential is read out through the third transistor, wherein in the fourth step, data corresponding to the second potential is read out through the fifth transistor, and wherein the third step and the fourth step are performed after the first step and the second step are completed.