US 12,136,634 B2
Solid-state imaging element and imaging apparatus
Kazuhiko Nakadate, Kanagawa (JP); Toshifumi Wakano, Kanagawa (JP); and Masahiko Nakamizo, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/355,728.
Application 18/355,728 is a continuation of application No. 18/087,054, filed on Dec. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,756,971.
Application 18/087,054 is a continuation of application No. 17/321,019, filed on May 14, 2021, granted, now 11,552,114, issued on Jan. 10, 2023.
Application 17/321,019 is a continuation of application No. 16/610,292, granted, now 11,031,421, issued on Jun. 8, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2018/006609, filed on Feb. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-110522 (JP), filed on Jun. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411416 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)
CPC H01L 27/14605 (2013.01) [H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a first photodiode block including a plurality of photodiodes that are arranged in an array along a first direction and a second direction in a plan view;
a first amplification transistor, a second amplification transistor, a first selection transistor and a second selection transistor; and
a reset transistor disposed along the first direction with the second amplification transistor in the plan view, wherein
the plurality of photodiodes share the first amplification transistor, the second amplification transistor, the first selection transistor and the second selection transistor,
the first selection transistor and the second selection transistor are disposed along the first direction in the plan view,
the first selection transistor and the second selection transistor are disposed along the first direction in a first row, and
the reset transistor and the second amplification transistor are disposed along the first direction in a second row displaced from the first row.