Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device having an effective pixel region, an optical black region and a dummy region each with pixels including a photoelectric converter
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Application No.: US15622595Application Date: 2017-06-14
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Publication No.: US10319765B2Publication Date: 2019-06-11
- Inventor: Taro Kato , Akira Okita , Takehito Okabe , Takeru Ohya , Kosuke Asano , Koichiro Iwata , Seiichirou Sakai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2016-131351 20160701; JP2017-078633 20170412
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06T7/536 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/361 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An imaging device includes a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric converter, are arranged, including an effective pixel region, an optical black region covered with a light-shielding film, and a dummy pixel region arranged between the effective pixel region and the optical black region. The pixels arranged in at least the effective pixel region and the optical black region among the plurality of the pixels each include an optical waveguide arranged above the photoelectric converter. The pixels including the optical waveguides are arranged between the effective pixel region and the optical black region so as to be spaced apart from each other by at least a one-pixel pitch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180006071A1 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM AND MOVABLE OBJECT Public/Granted day:2018-01-04
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