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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Osamu Saruwatari, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/088 (2006.01); H01L 21/8234 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 21/823487 (2013.01); H01L 27/088 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H01L 27/1469 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes: an accumulation unit that accumulates an electric charge generated by a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light transmitted through a microlens; and a readout unit that reads out a signal based on a voltage of the accumulation unit, wherein the accumulation unit and the readout unit are included along an optical axis direction of the microlens.