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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ryoji Ando, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01);
Abstract
An imaging element includes a first substrate that is provided with a photoelectric conversion unit which generates an electric charge by photoelectric conversion, a signal line to which a signal based on the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit is output, and a supply unit which supplies a voltage to the signal line such that a voltage of the signal line does not fall below a predetermined voltage, and a second substrate that is provided with a processing unit which processes the signal output to the signal line and is stacked on the first substrate.