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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device suitable for focus detection of a pupil division phase difference method includes: a light receiving unit provided on a first surface side of a semiconductor substrate and having a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional form; and a read-out circuit provided on a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first surface side and configured to read signals from the pixels. Each of pixels has at least two photoelectric conversion elements and a separation region which is a region between the two photoelectric conversion elements and a separation region control electrode arranged on the second surface side of the separation region and configured to control a potential of the separation region.