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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2019
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a first section including a first semiconductor substrate, at least one first photoelectric conversion region, a first floating diffusion, a first bonding portion, a first wiring electrically connected between the first floating diffusion and the first bonding portion, at least one second photoelectric conversion region, a second floating diffusion coupled to the at least one second photoelectric conversion region, a second bonding portion, a second wiring electrically connected between the second floating diffusion and the second bonding portion, a first region coupled to a node that receives a reference voltage, and a third wiring coupled to the first region at a location that is between the first wiring and the second wiring. The imaging device includes a second section bonded to the first section via the first and second bonding portions and including readout circuitry coupled to the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion.