US 11,943,549 B2
Imaging apparatus and electronic equipment
Keiichiro Takahashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,311.
Application 18/177,311 is a continuation of application No. 17/830,713, filed on Jun. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,606,518.
Application 17/830,713 is a continuation of application No. 17/382,697, filed on Jul. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,438,531, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Application 17/382,697 is a continuation of application No. 16/966,991, granted, now 11,082,645, issued on Aug. 3, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2019/002401, filed on Jan. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-022071 (JP), filed on Feb. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217124 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 25/534 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/534 (2023.01) [H04N 25/77 (2023.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light detecting device comprising:
a pixel array comprising a first pixel portion and a second pixel portion different from the first pixel portion, wherein
each of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion comprises a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion unit,
in a first case, in the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion, a pixel signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit and a pixel signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit are read, and
in a second case, in the second pixel portion, a pixel signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit and a pixel signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit are read, and concurrently therewith, in the first pixel portion, a pixel signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit and a pixel signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit are summed and read.