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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiro Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that can enhance the conversion efficiency to a degree similar to that of a non-sharing pixel and can maintain the optical symmetry also in a case where sharing between pixels is performed. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and each of the plurality of pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light, a floating diffusion portion in which signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit is stored, an amplification transistor that amplifies a potential corresponding to an amount the signal charge stored in the floating diffusion portion, and output a pixel signal corresponding to the amplified potential, and a conversion-efficiency adjustment transistor that adjusts a conversion efficiency of the signal charge stored in the floating diffusion portion.