US 12,081,886 B2
Image sensor and electronic camera
Osamu Saruwatari, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,257.
Application 17/946,257 is a division of application No. 17/237,621, filed on Apr. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,539,904.
Application 17/237,621 is a continuation of application No. 16/574,146, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,044,430, issued on Jun. 22, 2021.
Application 16/574,146 is a continuation of application No. 15/763,137, granted, now 10,455,173, issued on Oct. 22, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2016/078523, filed on Sep. 27, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-195283 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011109 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 25/709 (2023.01); H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/58 (2023.01); H04N 25/63 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/709 (2023.01) [H01L 27/14 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H04N 25/58 (2023.01); H04N 25/63 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An image sensor comprising:
a first pixel and a second pixel each including: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light and generates an electric charge; and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge, the accumulation unit being electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion unit by the transfer unit, the first pixel and the second pixel being arranged in a row direction;
a first supply unit that supplies a signal to the transfer unit of the first pixel to control the transfer unit of the first pixel to transfer the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel to the accumulation unit of the first pixel; and
a second supply unit, which is different from the first supply unit, and that supplies a signal to the transfer unit of the second pixel to control the transfer unit of the second pixel to transfer the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit of the second pixel to the accumulation unit of the second pixel.