US 11,889,214 B2
Image sensor and imaging device
Daiki Ogura, Tokyo (JP); Masahiro Juen, Yokohama (JP); Tomoki Hirata, Tokyo (JP); and Shigeru Matsumoto, Sagamihara (JP)
Assigned to NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/043,160
Filed by NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/014350
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/189892, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-067700 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0227164 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/75 (2023.01) [H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensor, comprising:
a first pixel and a second pixel, provided in a first direction, each including a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate an electric charge and a light-shielding unit that shields a part of light incident to the first photoelectric conversion unit and outputting a signal based on the electric charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit;
a third pixel and a fourth pixel, provided in the first direction, each including a second photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light to generate an electric charge and outputting a signal based on the electric charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion unit;
a first signal line and a second signal line, provided in the first direction, each of which can be connected to the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel; and
a control unit that performs a first control in which a signal of the first pixel is output to the first signal line and a signal of the second pixel is output to the second signal line, and a second control in which a signal of the third pixel and a signal of the fourth pixel are output to the first signal line.