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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14656 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device including a pixel unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements having different sensitivities are arranged; and a pixel reading unit configured to read and add output signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel unit, and to obtain an output signal seemingly from one pixel. The pixel unit includes an absorbing unit configured to absorb overflowing electric charge from a photoelectric conversion element with a high sensitivity.