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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Takada, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/61 (2023.01); H04N 25/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H04N 25/61 (2023.01); H04N 25/67 (2023.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes: a first pad portion that is connected to a voltage supply line in an aperture pixel region, and to which a reference voltage from outside of the semiconductor substrate is supplied; and a second pad portion that is connected to the voltage supply line in the light-shielded pixel region, and to which the reference voltage from outside of the semiconductor substrate is supplied, the second pad portion being separated from the first pad portion.