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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Hiroaki Ishiwata, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Kido, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiro Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Ishiwata, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Kido, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiro Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.