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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuichiro Itonaga, Tokyo, JP;
Shizunori Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14812 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14632 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14831 (2013.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14647 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a layout in which one sharing unit includes an array of photodiodes of 2 pixels by 4×n pixels (where, n is a positive integer), respectively, in horizontal and vertical directions.