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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a first chip including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light sensing unit generating a signal charge responsive to an amount of received light, and a plurality of MOS transistors reading the signal charge generated by the light sensing unit and outputting the read signal charge as a pixel signal, a second chip including a plurality of pixel drive circuits supplying desired drive pulses to pixels, the second chip being laminated beneath the first chip in a manner such that the pixel drive circuits are arranged beneath the pixels formed in the first chip to drive the pixels, and a connection unit for electrically connecting the pixels to the pixel drive circuits arranged beneath the pixels.