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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Brillnics Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Shunsuke Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Toshinori Otaka, Tokyo, JP;

Takahiro Akutsu, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/332 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14649 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H04N 9/0451 (2018.08); H04N 9/04553 (2018.08); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01);
Abstract

One object is to provide a solid-state imaging device that can capture visible light images such as RGB images and infrared images such as NIR images and maintain a high light-receiving sensitivity for infrared light, a method of driving such a solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. The solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel part having unit pixel groups arranged therein, the unit pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels at least for visible light that perform photoelectric conversion; and a reading part for reading pixel signals from the pixel part, wherein the plurality of pixels for visible light have a light-receiving sensitivity for infrared light, and in an infrared reading mode, the reading part is capable of adding together signals for infrared light read from the plurality of pixels for visible light.


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