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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsumi Niwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yosuke Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shimon Teshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Daijiro Anai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Furusawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Taishin Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Uchimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H03M 1/123 (2013.01); H03M 1/1295 (2013.01); H03M 1/56 (2013.01); H04N 2209/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.