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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shimon Teshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Shigenami, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Miyanohara, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form which perform a photoelectric conversion, a pixel signal readout unit having a logic unit and performing a readout of a pixel signal from the pixel array unit, a regulator, a first chip, a second chip, and a stacked structure in which both the first chip and the second chip are bonded, wherein the first chip has the pixel array unit disposed therein, and wherein the second chip has at least the logic unit and the regulator disposed therein, wherein the regulator includes a reference voltage generation, a plurality of output stage transistors, and an operational amplifier comparing the reference voltage and a commonized output voltage, and an output path of the output stage transistors are connected to a single node, and then is fed back to the operational amplifier.