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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:
Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2021
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kohei Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Koichi Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Shunichi Wakashima, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G03B 17/14 (2021.01); G02B 7/38 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); G02B 7/38 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 17/14 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/36961 (2018.08); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
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.


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