IMAGING ELEMENT, DRIVING METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• Main Author: NIKAI, NORIHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.01.2019
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

The present technique relates to an imaging element, a driving method of the imaging element, and an electronic device that can improve image quality of an image in a case where two or more read scans of pixel signals are performed in parallel. The imaging element includes a pixel area including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a vertical drive circuit that drives the pixels in the pixel area row-by-row, and a column signal processing circuit that can read pixel signals of a plurality of rows in the pixel area in one horizontal period. The vertical drive circuit performs two or more read scans of the pixel signals in the pixel area in parallel and controls a timing of moving a read row of each read scan by equal to or more than a predetermined amount of movement on the basis of a position of a read row of another read scan. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.