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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Takayoshi Yamada, Hyogo, JP;

Yasuo Miyake, Osaka, JP;

Masashi Murakami, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/363 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/363 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14665 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a photoelectric converter that converts light into an electric charge; a transfer transistor; a charge accumulation node coupled to the photoelectric converter via the transfer transistor; a first signal detection transistor having a gate coupled to the charge accumulation node; a first reset transistor one of a source and a drain of which is coupled to the charge accumulation node; and a second reset transistor one of a source and a drain of which is coupled to the photoelectric converter, wherein one of a source and a drain of the first signal detection transistor is coupled to the other of the source and the drain of the first reset transistor and the other of the source and drain of the second reset transistor.


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