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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/355 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image sensor includes: a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a charge accumulating unit that accumulates an electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit; and a connection unit that includes a plurality of linking units each of which electrically connects the charge accumulating units of two adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels.