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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2021
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Ogura, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Matsumoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Masahiro Juen, Yokohama, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging sensor including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion units provided in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction and configured to generate electric charges through photoelectric conversion; signal lines each of which is wired in the second direction and to which signals based on the electric charges generated by the photoelectric conversion units are output; and processing units configured to process the signals output to the signal lines, wherein, in a second region between a first region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion units are provided in the first direction and the second direction and a plurality of the processing units, a plurality of the signal lines are adjacent to each other in at least one of the second direction and a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction.