Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device
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Application No.: US15791909Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US10483307B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Hiroshi Sekine , Yusuke Onuki , Masahiro Kobayashi
- 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: JP2016-232726 20161130
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H01L27/146 ; G06T7/571 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
Provided is an imaging device including a substrate; a pixel array in which pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional manner on the substrate, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit that accumulates charges generated from an incident light, a charge holding unit that holds the charges transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, and an amplification unit that receives the charges transferred from the charge holding unit; and a light-shielding portion arranged to cover at least the charge holding unit. The photoelectric conversion unit and the charge holding unit in each pixel are aligned in a first direction in a top view orthogonal to the substrate. The charge holding units of the neighboring pixels are aligned in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the top view. The light-shielding portion extends in the second direction and over the charge holding units, and covers a region between the charge holding units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180151616A1 IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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