US 12,250,483 B2
Imaging device
Sanshiro Shishido, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/403,554.
Application 18/403,554 is a continuation of application No. 17/832,301, filed on Jun. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,902,684.
Application 17/832,301 is a continuation of application No. 16/945,979, filed on Aug. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,381,769, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Application 16/945,979 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/003775, filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-034785 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0137669 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/76 (2023.01) [H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate stacked on the first substrate;
a first connection portion and a second connection portion that electrically connect the first substrate with the second substrate;
a first pixel and a second pixel; and
a common signal line for the first pixel and the second pixel, wherein:
each of the first and second pixels includes:
a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into a signal charge, and
a first transistor that outputs a signal corresponding to the signal charge to the common signal line,
the first substrate includes the photoelectric converter and the first transistor of each of the first and second pixels, and
the second substrate includes:
a first line that transmits a voltage to the first transistor of the first pixel and the first transistor of the second pixel, and
a voltage source that is coupled, without through the second connection portion, to the first transistor of the first pixel, via the first line and the first connection portion, and that is coupled, without through the first connection portion, to the first transistor of the second pixel, via the first line and the second connection portion.