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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup element has a configuration in which a pixel region substrate and a readout circuit substrate are stacked. On a pixel region substrate, a plurality of unit pixels configured by a micro lens and a plurality of photoelectric converters are arranged in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. On a readout circuit substrate, a plurality of readout circuits that read out a signal based on charges stored in the photoelectric converter is arranged in the horizontal and vertical directions. In the unit pixels that are adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction (or the vertical direction), a first photoelectric converter of a first unit pixel and a second photoelectric converter of a second unit pixel share one readout circuit.