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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Shoji Kawahito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Isamu Takai, Nisshin, JP;
Shoji Kawahito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Isamu Takai, Nisshin, JP;
Abstract
A pixelincludes a photodiode PD which is provided between a first barrier regionforming a first potential barrier Band a second barrier regionforming a second potential barrier B, a first floating diffusion region Fwhich is provided adjacent to the first barrier region, and to which a first electric charge generated in the photodiode PD is transferred, and a second floating diffusion region Fwhich is provided adjacent to the second barrier region, and into which a second electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion region PD flows, and in which a part of the flowing-in second electric charge is accumulated. The second potential barrier Bis lower than the first potential barrier B