US 11,984,462 B2
Image pickup device and electronic apparatus
Hiroaki Ishiwata, Tokyo (JP); Harumi Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP); and Atsuhiro Ando, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,758.
Application 17/981,758 is a continuation of application No. 17/308,569, filed on May 5, 2021, granted, now 11,532,651.
Application 17/308,569 is a continuation of application No. 16/688,234, filed on Nov. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,031,420, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Application 16/688,234 is a continuation of application No. 16/085,452, granted, now 10,529,752, issued on Jan. 7, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2017/009667, filed on Mar. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-059978 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068256 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)
CPC H01L 27/14601 (2013.01) [H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14683 (2013.01); H01L 27/1469 (2013.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. An image pickup device, comprising:
a first structural body, wherein the first structural body includes a plurality of pixels;
a second structural body, wherein the second structural body includes an image signal processing unit; and
a third structural body, wherein the third structural body includes a plurality of area signal processing units, wherein each area signal processing unit in the plurality of area signal processing units is connected to at least one of the pixels in the plurality of pixels, wherein each area processing unit in the plurality of area signal processing units is connected to the image processing unit, and wherein the third structural body is between the first structural body and the second structural body.