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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Tomonori Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Muto, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01);
Abstract
Imaging devices with increased numbers of parallel analog-digital converters with maintained chip size are disclosed. In one example, an imaging device has a stacked chip structure including semiconductor chips of first through third layers. A pixel array is formed on the semiconductor chip of the first layer. An analog circuit of an analog-digital converter is disposed on the semiconductor chip of the second or third layer. A digital circuit of the analog-digital converter is disposed on the other of the semiconductor chip of the second or third layer.