IMAGING DEVICE

WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/075119

A1

[Problem] To provide an imaging device with low-noise and a high dynamic-range. [Solution] An imaging device comprises: a conversion unit that converts an incident electromagnetic wave to an electric charge; a first capacitor that accumulates the electric charge when a voltage in accordance with the electric charge is less than or equal to a prescribed threshold; a second capacitor that accumulates the electric charge when the voltage exceeds the threshold; a voltage conversion circuit that converts the electric charges accumulated in the first capacitor and the second capacitor to voltages; a first storage unit that stores the voltage in accordance with the accumulated electric charge of the first capacitor after a first period has elapsed since the first capacitor started accumulating the electric charge; and a second storage unit that stores the voltage in accordance with the accumulated electric charges of the first capacitor and the second capacitor after a second period that is longer than the first period has elapsed since the first capacitor started accumulating the electric charge.

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SUZUKI ATSUSHI (JP)
MIURA TAKAHIRO (JP)
MURAMATSU YOSHINORI (JP)
MATSUMOTO SHIZUNORI (JP)

PCT/JP2021/035554

April 14, 2022

September 28, 2021

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SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP (JP)

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NAKAMURA Yukitaka et al. (JP)

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