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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyohei Yoshimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Masagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Yoshihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Izawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device and an electronic apparatus capable of generating highly-accurate image pickup signals having a large dynamic range. Pixels each include a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel having a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity pixel. A control gate controls a potential of a photoelectric conversion device of the low-sensitivity pixel. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a CMOS image sensor that includes both the high-sensitivity pixel and the low-sensitivity pixel having a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity pixel and controls a potential of the photoelectric conversion device of the low-sensitivity pixel.