Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device including signal line and unit pixel cell including charge storage region
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Application No.: US17539938Application Date: 2021-12-01
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Publication No.: US11653116B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Sato , Junji Hirase
- 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: JP 2014264697 2014.12.26 JP 2015207382 2015.10.21
- Main IPC: H04N5/363
- IPC: H04N5/363 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/361 ; H04N5/374 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An imaging device including: a semiconductor substrate; pixels arranged in a first direction; and a signal line that extends in the first direction. Each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric converter that generates signal charge by photoelectric conversion, a region into which the signal charge is input, a first transistor that outputs a signal to the signal line according to an amount of the signal charge input into the region, and a capacity circuit that is coupled to a gate of the first transistor and that includes a first capacitive element, the first capacitive element including a first electrode, a second electrode and a first insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode containing a metal. Further, the signal line is located closer to the semiconductor substrate than the first capacitive element is.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220094868A1 IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING SIGNAL LINE AND UNIT PIXEL CELL INCLUDING CHARGE STORAGE REGION Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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