Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor, image capturing apparatus, method of performing phase difference focus detection, and storage medium
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Application No.: US17351511Application Date: 2021-06-18
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Publication No.: US11523045B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Makiko Saito , Nobuhiro Takeda
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2020-107231 20200622
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N9/04

Abstract:
An image sensor comprises: a plurality of microlenses; and a pixel region including, with respect to each of the plurality of microlenses, a plurality of first sensitivity regions formed at first depth from a light incident surface, a plurality of second sensitivity regions formed at second depth which is deeper than the first depth, and a plurality of connection portions that electrically connect the plurality of first regions and the plurality of second regions in different combinations.
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