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- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and imaging system
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Application No.: US17274133Application Date: 2019-09-05
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Publication No.: US11290675B2Publication Date: 2022-03-29
- Inventor: Yutaka Hirose , Akihiro Odagawa , Shinzo Koyama
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-167137 20180906
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/034984 WO 20190905
- International Announcement: WO2020/050362 WO 20200312
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/351 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/369 ; H01L27/146 ; G01S17/00 ; G01S17/89 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor capable of detecting a photon and having smaller circuit scale is provided. The solid-state image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel cells, a pixel driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of pixel cells, a readout circuit, and a plurality of readout wires corresponding to respective columns of the pixel cell. Each of the plurality of pixel cells includes an avalanche photodiode configured to detect a photon by avalanche multiplication occurring when one photon enters, and a transfer transistor configured to transfer a detection result of the photon to the corresponding readout wire. The readout circuit determines whether a photon is detected or not, and outputs a determination result.
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