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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2021
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Kido, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Tada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Toyoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Tateshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hikaru Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range in a pixel having a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional manner, in which the pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit having lower sensitivity than the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a size of the second photoelectric conversion unit in an optical axis direction in which light enters is smaller than a size of the first photoelectric conversion unit in the optical axis direction. The present technology can be applied to a backside-illumination CMOS image sensor, for example.