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Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2007
Applicants:

Shunsuke Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Junichiro Fujimagari, Kanagawa, JP;

Toshifumi Wakano, Kanagawa, JP;

Motonobu Torii, Fukuoka, JP;

Hironori Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Koji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Shunsuke Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Junichiro Fujimagari, Kanagawa, JP;

Toshifumi Wakano, Kanagawa, JP;

Motonobu Torii, Fukuoka, JP;

Hironori Hoshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Koji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A solid-state image pickup device includes pixels diagonally arranged, each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a plurality of transistors and wiring extending in the vertical and horizontal directions which is diagonally arranged around the photoelectric conversion unit in each of the pixels so that at least one portion of the wiring is arranged along at least one side of the photoelectric conversion unit.


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