US 12,219,266 B2
Electronic device, imaging device, and imaging element for capturing an image
Koichi Gohara, Kawasaki (JP); and Satoshi Tsuchiya, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,539.
Application 16/935,291 is a division of application No. 15/926,466, filed on Mar. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,757,341, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 15/926,466 is a division of application No. 15/038,744, granted, now 9,961,271, issued on May 1, 2018, previously published as PCT/JP2014/081275, filed on Nov. 26, 2014.
Application 18/244,539 is a continuation of application No. 16/935,291, filed on Jul. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,785,345.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-243946 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2013; and application No. 2014-007869 (JP), filed on Jan. 20, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421911 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/44 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/73 (2023.01) [H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/673 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/44 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)] 92 Claims
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1. An imaging element comprising:
a first chip that includes a first photoelectric conversion unit which converts light into an electric charge and a second photoelectric conversion unit which converts light into an electric charge;
a second chip that includes a first conversion unit which converts a first signal based on the electric charge converted by the first photoelectric conversion unit into a digital signal and a second conversion unit which converts a second signal based on the electric charge converted by the second photoelectric conversion unit into a digital signal, the first chip and the second chip being laminated together; and
a third chip that includes a first adder which performs a first addition processing on the first signal converted into the digital signal by the first conversion unit and a second adder which performs a second addition processing on the second signal converted into the digital signal by the second conversion unit, the first chip and the third chip being laminated together.