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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2022
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoto Yoshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Luonghung Asakura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Inada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshimichi Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Shirakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
In a solid-state imaging element that performs exposure in all pixels at the same time, image quality is improved. A solid-state imaging element includes a previous-stage circuit, a plurality of capacitive elements, a selection circuit, and a subsequent-stage circuit. In the solid-state imaging element, the previous-stage circuit converts charges into a voltage using each of a plurality of conversion efficiencies and outputs it to the previous-stage node. One ends of the plurality of capacitive elements are connected to the previous-stage node in common. The selection circuit connects the other end of one of the plurality of capacitive elements to a subsequent-stage node. The subsequent-stage circuit reads the voltage via the subsequent-stage node.