US 12,225,310 B2
Imaging device
Tokuhiko Tamaki, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/505,019.
Application 18/505,019 is a continuation of application No. 17/496,589, filed on Oct. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,895,419.
Application 17/496,589 is a continuation of application No. 16/402,699, filed on May 3, 2019, granted, now 11,172,155, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Application 16/402,699 is a continuation of application No. 16/232,633, filed on Dec. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,326,959, issued on Jun. 18, 2019.
Application 16/232,633 is a continuation of application No. 15/946,448, filed on Apr. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,200,647, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Application 15/946,448 is a continuation of application No. 14/857,699, filed on Sep. 17, 2015, granted, now 9,967,501, issued on May 8, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2014-207305 (JP), filed on Oct. 8, 2014; and application No. 2015-165895 (JP), filed on Aug. 25, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0080585 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 25/585 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/75 (2023.01) [H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 25/585 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image pickup module comprising:
an imaging device including:
a first photoelectric converter that converts incident light into first signal charges;
a first node into which the first signal charges are input;
a second photoelectric converter that converts incident light into second signal charges; and
a second node into which the second signal charges are input; and
a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal from the imaging device, wherein
an area of the second photoelectric converter is greater than an area of the first photoelectric converter in a plan view, and
capacitance of the first node is greater than capacitance of the second node.