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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2021
Applicant:

Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Sota Nakanishi, Kawasaki, JP;

Shigeru Matsumoto, Sagamihara, JP;

Tomoki Hirata, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image capturing device including a pixel chip having pixel blocks each including one or more pixels; and a signal processing chip having a first control block including a first converting unit for converting a signal from a pixel in at least a first pixel block into a digital signal, and a first storage unit storing the digital signal, and a second control block next to the first control block in a column direction and including a second converting unit for converting a signal from a pixel included in at least a second pixel block into a digital signal, and a second storage unit storing the digital signal, wherein the second converting unit and the second storage unit in the second control block are reversed vertically to the first converting unit and the first storage unit in the first control block.


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