Title:
IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/022138
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This imaging device includes: a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a two-dimensional matrix shape; and a drive unit that reads pixel information by scanning, for each of rows, the pixels of the pixel array unit. The pixel array unit has: a rectangular imaging area in which pixels having photoelectric conversion portions are arranged and on which light is incident; a first light-shielding area where pixels having photoelectric conversion portions are arranged and light is shielded; and a second light-shielding area where pixels without the photoelectric conversion portions are arranged and which is shielded from light. The first light-shielding area and the second light-shielding area are arranged to be along a side that extends in the column direction of the imaging area.
Inventors:
KODAMA KAZUTOSHI (JP)
TABATA HIDENORI (JP)
TABATA HIDENORI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/028061
Publication Date:
January 30, 2020
Filing Date:
July 17, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/357; H01L27/146
Foreign References:
| JP2011030097A | 2011-02-10 | |||
| JP2004112474A | 2004-04-08 | |||
| JP2013106186A | 2013-05-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YAMAMOTO Takahisa et al. (JP)
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