Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and image-capturing apparatus
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Application No.: US17041957Application Date: 2019-01-17
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Publication No.: US11805324B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Shinichiro Noudo
- Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Sheridan Ross PC
- Priority: JP 18072886 2018.04.05
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/001255 2019.01.17
- International Announcement: WO2019/193809A 2019.10.10
- Date entered country: 2020-09-25
- Main IPC: H04N23/80
- IPC: H04N23/80 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N25/60

Abstract:
To suppress entrance of incident light into a charge holding section in a pixel to prevent a reduction in image quality. An imaging device includes a pixel array. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converter that generates a charge depending on incident light, a charge holding section that holds the generated charge, and a charge transfer section that transfers the generated charge to the charge holding section, each of the plurality of pixels generating an image signal depending on the held charge. The charge holding section or the charge transfer section in each of the plurality of pixels is arranged close to an optical center of the pixel array with respect to the incident light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210136283A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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