• Patent Title: Phase difference detection while suppressing deterioration of resolution
  • Application No.: US14898942
    Application Date: 2014-06-23
  • Publication No.: US09941314B2
    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
  • Inventor: Jun OkunoKazuyoshi Yamashita
  • Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
  • Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Agency: Chip Law Group
  • Priority: JP2013-141761 20130705; JP2014-093510 20140430
  • International Application: PCT/JP2014/066566 WO 20140623
  • International Announcement: WO2015/002006 WO 20150108
  • Main IPC: H01L27/146
  • IPC: H01L27/146 H04N5/369
Phase difference detection while suppressing deterioration of resolution
Abstract:
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and a driving method thereof, and an electronic apparatus that make it possible to improve the precision of phase difference detection while suppressing deterioration of resolution in a solid-state imaging device having a global shutter function and a phase difference AF function. Provided is a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel array unit including, as pixels including an on-chip lens, a photoelectric conversion unit, and a charge accumulation unit, imaging pixels for generating a captured image and phase difference detection pixels for performing phase difference detection arrayed therein; and a driving control unit configured to control driving of the pixels. The imaging pixel is formed with the charge accumulation unit shielded from light. The phase difference detection pixel is formed in a manner that at least part of at least one of the photoelectric conversion unit and the charge accumulation unit refrains from being shielded from light. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.
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