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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Hironori Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging element according to the present technology includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion is arranged, the pixel array unit includes, as the pixels, a first pixel for obtaining a gradation signal indicating an intensity of received light and a second pixel for detecting that a change in an amount of received light exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and a volume of a photoelectric conversion portion included in the second pixel is larger than a volume of a photoelectric conversion portion included in the first pixel.
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