Patent ID: 9001243
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus having a plurality of pixels and a control unit, each of the pixels comprising: a photoelectric conversion unit configured to accumulate a carrier generated by a photoelectric conversion; a carrier accumulation unit configured to accumulate a carrier from the photoelectric conversion unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer a carrier accumulated in the carrier accumulation unit; an amplifier configured to amplify a signal based on a carrier transferred by the transfer unit; an overflow drain into which a carrier from the photoelectric conversion unit is to be discharged; a floating diffusion region electrically connected to the amplifier, the floating diffusion region being provided in a different position from the overflow drain; and a reset unit configured to reset the carrier transferred by the transfer unit, wherein the transfer unit is configured to transfer the carrier accumulated in the carrier accumulation unit to the floating diffusion region, and wherein the control unit is configured to control the transfer unit and the reset unit to perform an operation including the transfer by the transfer unit and the reset by the reset unit after the transfer plural times for a single carrier accumulation period in the photoelectric conversion unit.