US 12,464,264 B2
Imaging element and imaging device
Yojiro Tezuka, Yokohama (JP); Tomoki Hirata, Tokyo (JP); and Shiro Tsunai, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/800,410
Filed by NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/006008
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/166978, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-024778 (JP), filed on Feb. 17, 2020; and application No. 2020-219510 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156367 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/766 (2023.01) [H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing device comprising:
a first substrate having a plurality of pixel blocks, including
a first pixel block that includes a first photoelectric converter configured to convert light into electric charges, and
a second pixel block that includes a second photoelectric converter configured to convert light into electric charges the second photoelectric converter being arranged side by side with the first photoelectric converter in a row direction; and
a second substrate that is stacked with the first substrate and includes
a control circuit that includes
a first control block that controls an accumulation time of electric charges converted in the first photoelectric converter, and
a second control block that controls an accumulation time of electric charges converted in the second photoelectric converter, and
a converter configured to convert into digital signals a first signal based on the electric charges converted in the first photoelectric converter and a second signal based on the electric charges converted in the second photoelectric converter, wherein
the converter is arranged outside the control circuit in the second substrate.