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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Ishiwata, Tokyo, JP;
Sanghoon Ha, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 9/04557 (2018.08); H04N 2209/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate; and a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the pixel unit includes first pixel groups having two or more pixels and second pixel groups being different from the first pixel groups, wherein a portion of the pixels in the first pixel groups and a portion of the pixels in the second pixel groups share a floating diffusion element.