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SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DRIVING METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS

  • US 20100201856A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2010
  • Published: 08/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising:

  • a pixel region wherein a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converting unit for photoelectric conversion and a pixel output unit outputting a signal based on an electric charge accumulated in the photoelectric converting unit are arranged in a matrix; and

    a row selecting unit for selecting the pixels row by row, whereinthe solid-state imaging apparatus further comprises a control unit for controlling an operation mode of the solid-state imaging apparatus, andthe control unit controls the row selecting unit in an operation mode such that the signals are read out from a first read out region including the pixels of a plurality of rows, the signals are read out from a second read out region including the pixels of a plurality of rows, and the signals are not read out from a non-read out region including the pixels of a plurality of rows and adjacent to the first and second read out regions, and starts a reset scanning, during the operation mode, of a row in the non-read out region and adjacent to the first or second read out region, before a read out scanning of the first and second read out regions.

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