Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor, image capturing apparatus, method of performing phase difference focus detection, and storage medium
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Application No.: US17982876Application Date: 2022-11-08
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Publication No.: US11770610B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Makiko Saito , Nobuhiro Takeda
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP 20107231 2020.06.22
- Main IPC: H04N23/67
- IPC: H04N23/67 ; H04N25/13

Abstract:
An image sensor comprises: a plurality of microlenses; and a pixel region including, with respect to each of the plurality of microlenses, a plurality of first sensitivity regions formed at first depth from a light incident surface, a plurality of second sensitivity regions formed at second depth which is deeper than the first depth, and a plurality of connection portions that electrically connect the plurality of first regions and the plurality of second regions in different combinations.
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