Sony Group Corporation
SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE

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Abstract:

An imaging device includes at least one floating diffusion region, and a set of photoelectric conversion regions sharing the at least one floating diffusion region and that convert incident light into electric charges. The imaging device includes a first readout circuit and a second readout circuit. The first readout circuit is coupled to the at least one floating diffusion region and located at a first side of the set of photoelectric conversion region, and the second readout circuit is coupled to the at least one floating diffusion region. The second readout circuit includes a portion located at a second side of the set of photoelectric conversion regions that is opposite the first side, and the second readout circuit is configured to control the first readout circuit.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

7 Oct 2019

Issue date:

23 Dec 2021