US 12,432,472 B2
Solid-state imaging device and electronic instrument
Eriko Kato, Kanagawa (JP); and Akihiko Kato, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 18/260,091
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/048901
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/149555, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-002059 (JP), filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0080587 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/779 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01)
CPC H04N 25/77 (2023.01) [H04N 25/779 (2023.01); H04N 25/7795 (2023.01); H10F 39/182 (2025.01); H10F 39/8037 (2025.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising:
a first substrate that includes a pixel array unit, wherein
the pixel array unit includes a plurality of pixels,
the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units,
each of the plurality of pixels corresponds to a respective photoelectric conversion unit of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, and
the first substrate includes:
a plurality of first wirings, wherein
each of the plurality of first wirings is configured to transmit a first imaging pixel signal,
the first imaging pixel signal is read from a first set of at least two pixels,
the first set of at least two pixels is in a first direction in the pixel array unit, and
the plurality of pixels includes the first set of at least two pixels;
a plurality of second wirings that corresponds to the plurality of first wirings, wherein each of the plurality of second wirings is configured to transmit a reset voltage to initialize each of the plurality of the first wirings;
a first switching circuit configured to switch whether or not to short-circuit a first wiring of the plurality of first wirings and a second wiring of the plurality of second wirings;
a plurality of third wirings that corresponds to the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of second wirings, wherein the plurality of third wirings is set at a reference voltage; and
a plurality of second switching circuits configured to switch whether or not to short-circuit the plurality of second wirings and the plurality of third wirings that corresponds to the plurality of second wirings.