Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, operation method thereof, and electronic device
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Application No.: US17057526Application Date: 2019-06-11
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Publication No.: US11600645B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Seiichi Yoneda , Hidetomo Kobayashi , Takashi Nakagawa , Yusuke Negoro , Shunpei Yamazaki
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Atsugi
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Atsugi
- Agency: Nixon Peabody LLP
- Agent Jeffrey L. Costellia
- Priority: JPJP2018-117769 20180621
- International Application: PCT/IB2019/054838 WO 20190611
- International Announcement: WO2019/243951 WO 20191226
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An imaging device that can obtain imaging data corresponding to high-resolution images in a short period of time is provided. The imaging device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and n (n is an integer more than 2 inclusive) retention circuits. The photoelectric conversion element and the n retention circuits are stacked. One electrode of the photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected to the first to n-th retention circuits. The retention circuits include OS transistors with an extremely low off-state current feature, and can retain imaging data for a long time. In the first to n-th periods, the imaging device obtains the first to n-th imaging data and retains it in the first to n-th retention circuits. Then, the first to n-th imaging data retained in the first to n-th retention circuits are read out. The read imaging data is output outside the imaging data through AD conversion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210202549A1 IMAGING DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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