Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and electronic camera
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Application No.: US15765152Application Date: 2016-09-27
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Publication No.: US10574930B2Publication Date: 2020-02-25
- Inventor: Atsushi Kamashita , Atsushi Komai , Toru Takagi , Tomohisa Ishida
- Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2015-195281 20150930
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/078522 WO 20160927
- International Announcement: WO2017/057397 WO 20170406
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H01L27/12 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a first semiconductor layer provided with a pixel, including a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light to generate an electric charge, an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, a second semiconductor layer provided with a supply unit that supplies the transfer unit with a transfer signal for transferring the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, and a third semiconductor layer into which a signal is inputted, the signal being based on the electric charge that has been transferred to the accumulation unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180324374A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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