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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kaneyoshi Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuki Nomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 5/361 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14806 (2013.01); H04N 5/361 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a solid-state image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels arranged thereon, the plurality of unit pixels each including a light receiving section which stores a charge generated by photoelectric conversion, a signal storage section which is connected to the light receiving section and has a structure of a MOS capacitor, and a signal output section to which a gate electrode of the MOS capacitor is connected.