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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuu Kajiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Nakamizo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present technology relates to an imaging element and an electronic device that enable pixels to flexibly share a charge voltage converting unit. The imaging element includes a pixel array unit in which pixels respectively having charge voltage converting units and switches are arranged, and the charge voltage converting units of the plurality of pixels are connected to a signal line in parallel via the respective switches. The present technology is applied to, for example, a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor in which pixels share a charge voltage converting unit.