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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kyosuke Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device and an electronic apparatus including an imaging device are provided. The imaging device includes a substrate and a first pixel including a first region of a first photoelectric conversion element, a first region of a second photoelectric conversion element, wherein the first and second photoelectric conversion elements are formed in the substrate, and a first vertical transistor connected to the first region of the first photoelectric conversion element. A second pixel includes a second region of the first photoelectric conversion element, a second region of the second photoelectric conversion element, and a second vertical transistor connected to the second region of the first photoelectric conversion element. The imaging device also includes a first floating diffusion. The first floating diffusion stores charges from the first and second regions of the first photoelectric conversion element in the first and second pixels. The imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion film disposed above the substrate.