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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shiro Tsunai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hironobu Murata, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/534 (2023.01); H04N 25/583 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/534 (2023.01); H04N 25/583 (2023.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging element includes: an imaging unit in which a plurality of pixel groups including a plurality of pixels that output pixel signals according to incident light are formed, and on which incident light corresponding to mutually different pieces of image information is incident; a control unit that controls, for each of the pixel groups, a period of accumulating in the plurality of pixels included in the pixel group; and a readout unit that is provided to each of the pixel groups, and reads out the pixel signals from the plurality of pixels included in the pixel group.