Patent ID: 9083902
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of driving a solid-state imaging apparatus, the method comprising: a step (1) of electrically disconnecting a vertical signal line in an imaging pixel section from an amplification transistor in a first shutter row pixel by turning off a selection transistor in the first shutter row pixel; a step (2) of electrically connecting the vertical signal line to an amplification transistor in a readout row pixel by turning on a selection transistor in the readout row pixel, the step (1) commencing before the step (2) and the step (2) occurring during the step (1); a step (3) of electrically connecting a power supply voltage to a floating diffusion section in the readout row pixel by turning on a reset transistor in the readout row pixel, the step (2) commencing before the step (3) and the step (3) occurring during the step (2); a step (4) of electrically connecting the power supply voltage to a floating diffusion section in the first shutter row pixel by turning on a reset transistor in the first shutter row pixel, the step (3) occurring during the step (4) and the step (4) occurring during the step (2); a step (5) of electrically connecting a photoelectric transducer in the first shutter row pixel to the floating diffusion section in the first shutter row pixel by turning on a transfer transistor in the first shutter row pixel, the step (5) occurring during the step (4); a step (a) of electrically disconnecting the vertical signal line from an amplification transistor in a second shutter row pixel by turning off a selection transistor in the second shutter row pixel; a step (b) of electrically connecting the power supply voltage to a floating diffusion section in the second shutter row pixel by turning on a reset transistor in the second shutter row pixel, the step (b) occurring during the step (a) and the step (1) occurring during the step (a); and a step (c) of electrically connecting a photoelectric transducer in the second shutter row pixel to the floating diffusion section in the second shutter row pixel by turning on a transfer transistor in the second shutter row pixel, the step (4) occurring before the step (c), wherein the first shutter row pixel is a pixel in a first shutter row and the readout row pixel is a pixel in a readout row, the readout row being a row in the imaging pixel section and the first shutter row being another row in the imaging pixel section, wherein the second shutter row pixel is a pixel in a second shutter row, the second shutter row being in the imaging pixel section between the first shutter row and the readout row.