US 12,324,262 B2
Imaging element, stacked-type imaging element and solid-state imaging apparatus
Akira Furukawa, Kumamoto (JP); Yoshihiro Ando, Kanagawa (JP); Hideaki Togashi, Kanagawa (JP); and Fumihiko Koga, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,054.
Application 17/539,956 is a division of application No. 16/349,361, granted, now 11,222,912, issued on Jan. 11, 2022, previously published as PCT/JP2017/040938, filed on Nov. 14, 2017.
Application 18/523,054 is a continuation of application No. 17/539,956, filed on Dec. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,901,382.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-226658 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0096914 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H10F 39/00 (2025.01); A23B 70/20 (2025.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H10D 18/00 (2025.01); H10D 62/13 (2025.01); H10D 89/60 (2025.01); H10F 19/75 (2025.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10H 20/823 (2025.01); H10K 30/30 (2023.01); H10K 30/81 (2023.01); H10K 39/32 (2023.01)
CPC H10F 39/80373 (2025.01) [A23B 70/20 (2025.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H10D 18/211 (2025.01); H10D 62/148 (2025.01); H10D 89/921 (2025.01); H10F 19/75 (2025.01); H10F 39/1825 (2025.01); H10F 39/1865 (2025.01); H10F 39/199 (2025.01); H10F 39/8023 (2025.01); H10F 39/803 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/811 (2025.01); H10F 39/813 (2025.01); H10H 20/8232 (2025.01); H10K 30/30 (2023.02); H10K 30/81 (2023.02); H10K 39/32 (2023.02); Y02E 10/549 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light detecting device, comprising:
a light detecting element block comprising:
a first electrode;
a first light detecting element comprising:
a first charge storage electrode;
a first portion of a second electrode;
a first portion of a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first charge storage electrode and the first portion of the second electrode; and
a first portion of an insulating layer disposed between the first charge storage electrode and the first portion of the photoelectric conversion layer; and
a second light detecting element comprising:
a second charge storage electrode;
a second portion of the second electrode;
a second portion of the photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the second charge storage electrode and the second portion of the second electrode; and
a second portion of the insulating layer disposed between the second charge storage electrode and the second portion of the photoelectric conversion layer; and
a driving circuitry electrically coupled to the first charge storage electrode and the second charge storage electrode,
wherein the first charge storage electrode and the second charge storage electrode are electrically insulated from the photoelectric conversion layer.