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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuyuki Kuboi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a solid-state image pickup device that includes: a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element; and a transmittance control element provided on a light incident side of the photoelectric conversion element of at least a part of the plurality of pixels, and configured to change a transmittance of incident light by an external input.