US 12,003,873 B2
Imaging apparatus and electronic device
Luonghung Asakura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/732,925.
Application 17/732,925 is a continuation of application No. 17/281,423, granted, now 11,405,568, previously published as PCT/JP2019/036339, filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-209461 (JP), filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272287 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 25/59 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/59 (2023.01) [H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H04N 25/46 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light-detecting device comprising:
a first pixel circuit including a photodiode, a first floating diffusion, a first switch transistor, and a reset transistor;
a second pixel circuit including a photodiode, a second floating diffusion, a second switch transistor, and a third switch transistor,
a wiring coupled to the first floating diffusion and the second floating diffusion; and
a first capacitor selectively coupled to the first floating diffusion and the second floating diffusion, wherein
the first floating diffusion is coupled to the second floating diffusion via the first switch transistor, the second switch transistor, and the wiring,
the first pixel circuit includes a first amplification transistor and a first selection transistor,
the second pixel circuit includes a second amplification transistor and a second selection transistor, and
the reset transistor, the first switch transistor, the first amplification transistor, and the first selection transistor are disposed along a first direction in a plan view.