Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Shunsuke Ishii

Satoshi Keino

Tomohiro Wada

Shading correction is realized without sacrificing a noise characteristic and a sensitivity characteristic. A solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of pixels that are arranged two-dimensionally and each outputs analog voltage proportional to electron produced by photodiode and an AD conversion section that convert analog voltages output from the pixels into digital signals. First and second pixels included in the plurality of pixels differ in conversion efficiency with which a unit quantity of electrons output from the photodiodes are converted into the analog voltages.

Solid-state imaging element and electronic equipment

There is provided an imaging device including a semiconductor having a light-receiving portion that performs photoelectric conversion of incident light, electrically conductive wirings, and a contact group including contacts that have different sizes and connect the semiconductor and the electrically conductive wirings.

Imaging device, imaging apparatus, production apparatus and method, and semiconductor device

Provided is a solid-state image sensor including a pixel array unit and a driving control unit. In the pixel array unit, pixels each including a charge accumulation unit accumulating a photocharge corresponding to an amount of received light, a signal conversion unit converting the photocharge into an electric signal, and a charge transfer unit performing, with a driving signal, switching between a conduction state and a non-conduction state, the charge transfer unit being disposed between the charge accumulation unit and the signal conversion unit are arranged. The driving control unit controls a state of the charge transfer unit with the driving signal and performs a first driving control in which the charge transfer unit is kept being in the conduction state from when the photocharge is transferred from the charge accumulation unit to the signal conversion unit until when a first signal corresponding to the transferred photocharge is read out.

Solid-state image sensor, method for driving solid-state image sensor, and electronic device

Disclosed herein is an imaging device including at least one special pixel with a configuration having a layout made different from the layout of the configuration of each pixel other than the special pixel. The special pixel is a pixel having an imaging characteristic steadily different from that of the other pixels. A difference in layout between the configuration of the special pixel and the configuration of the other pixels is used to suppress a non-uniformity of the imaging characteristic exhibited by the special pixel.

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Kumamoto, Japan

Shunsuke Ishii