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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Kimura, Ibaraki, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a semiconductor device in which a plurality of light receiving elements are provided in each of a plurality of pixels that form a solid-state image sensor, a decrease in the performance of the semiconductor device is prevented, the decrease occurring due to an increase in the number of wires. In the pixel having a first photodiode and a second photodiode, a first transfer transistor coupled to the first photodiode and a second transfer transistor coupled to the second photodiode are respectively controlled by the same gate electrode, thereby allowing the number of wires for controlling the first and the second transfer transistors is reduced.