SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    11.
    发明公开
    SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE 审中-公开
    固态图像拾取元件和电子设备

    公开(公告)号:EP3236500A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-25

    申请号:EP15869845.6

    申请日:2015-12-08

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device and an electronic apparatus by which a phase-difference detection pixel that avoids defects such as lowering of sensitivity to incident light and lowering of phase-difference detection accuracy can be realized.
    A solid-state image pickup device as a first aspect of the present disclosure is a solid-state image pickup device in which a normal pixel that generates a pixel signal of an image and a phase-difference detection pixel that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of a phase-difference signal for controlling an image-surface phase difference AF function are arranged in a mixed manner, in which, in the phase-difference detection pixel, a shared on-chip lens for condensing incident light to a photoelectric converter that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of the phase-difference signal is formed for every plurality of adjacent phase-difference detection pixels. The present disclosure is applicable to a backside illumination CMOS image sensor and an electronic apparatus equipped with the same.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及一种固态图像拾取装置和电子装置,通过该固态图像拾取装置和电子装置可以实现避免诸如对入射光的灵敏度下降和相位差检测精度降低之类的缺陷的相位差检测像素。 作为本公开的第一方面的固态图像拾取装置是一种固态图像拾取装置,在该固态图像拾取装置中,产生图像的像素信号的正常像素和产生图像的像素信号的相差检测像素 计算用于控制图像表面相位差AF函数的相位差信号以混合的方式布置,其中在相位差检测像素中,用于将入射光会聚到光电转换器的共用片上透镜 产生用于计算相位差信号的像素信号是针对每多个相邻相位差检测像素形成的。 本公开适用于背面照明CMOS图像传感器和配备有该背面照明CMOS图像传感器的电子设备。

    IMAGING PIXEL SUBARRAY WITH SHARED PULSE DETECTION
    14.
    发明公开
    IMAGING PIXEL SUBARRAY WITH SHARED PULSE DETECTION 审中-公开
    使用共享脉冲检测成像像素子阵

    公开(公告)号:EP3188472A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-05

    申请号:EP16207522.0

    申请日:2016-12-30

    IPC分类号: H04N5/3745 G01S7/486

    摘要: An imaging and pulse detection (IPD) pixel array includes a plurality of imaging pixels (102) arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each imaging pixel includes a respective photodetector (108) that outputs signals in response to incident light and input laser pulses. The signals include imaging signals that correspond to the incident light and pulse signals that correspond to the input laser pulses. The IPD array further includes an isolation circuit (104) associated with each of the respective imaging pixels, each isolation circuit outputting filtered output pulse signals in response to receiving the signals from the associated imaging pixel, the filtered output pulse signals corresponding to the pulse signals. The IPD array further includes a single pulse detection circuit (106) that toggles between a charged and uncharged state corresponding to a pulse being received from at least one of the isolation circuits.

    摘要翻译: 成像和脉冲检测(IPD)像素阵列包括布置成多行和多列的多个成像像素(102)。 每个成像像素包括响应于入射光和输入激光脉冲而输出信号的相应光电检测器(108)。 信号包括对应于入射光的成像信号和对应于输入激光脉冲的脉冲信号。 IPD阵列进一步包括与每个相应成像像素相关联的隔离电路(104),每个隔离电路响应于从相关成像像素接收信号而输出经滤波的输出脉冲信号,经滤波的输出脉冲信号对应于脉冲信号 。 IPD阵列还包括单脉冲检测电路(106),其在与从至少一个隔离电路接收到的脉冲相对应的充电状态和未充电状态之间切换。

    Color sensor insensitive to distance variations
    16.
    发明公开
    Color sensor insensitive to distance variations 审中-公开
    颜色传感器对距离变化不敏感

    公开(公告)号:EP2451150A3

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-21

    申请号:EP11187652.0

    申请日:2011-11-03

    IPC分类号: H04N9/04 G01S17/89

    摘要: A system for calibrating a color sensing pixel based upon the distance between the color sensing pixel and an object. The distance is determined by measuring the phase shift of electromagnetic radiation as reflected from the surface of the object compared with the wave profile of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the object surface. The color sensing pixel is associated with a Time-of-Flight (ToF) pixel which is employed to determine the distance of the color sensing pixel. The electromagnetic radiation can be from any part of the electromagnetic spectrum, in particular the infrared and visible light portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The color sensing pixel and the ToF pixel can reside on the same semiconductor or on disparate semiconductors.

    摘要翻译: 一种基于颜色感测像素与物体之间的距离来校准颜色感测像素的系统。 通过测量从物体表面反射的电磁辐射的相移与入射在物体表面上的电磁辐射的波形相比来确定该距离。 颜色感测像素与用于确定颜色感测像素的距​​离的飞行时间(ToF)像素相关联。 电磁辐射可以来自电磁谱的任何部分,特别是电磁谱的红外和可见光部分。 颜色感测像素和ToF像素可以位于相同的半导体或不同的半导体上。

    IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE
    18.
    发明公开
    IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE 审中-公开
    ABBILDUNGSELEMENT和ABBILDUNGSVORRICHTUNG

    公开(公告)号:EP3163345A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-03

    申请号:EP15812697

    申请日:2015-03-25

    申请人: OLYMPUS CORP

    摘要: Provided are an image sensor and an imaging device capable of quick focus detection even in a largely-defocused state while ensuring an image quality performance. An image sensor 21 includes a plurality of imaging pixels, a plurality of focus detecting pixels (RL-pixels, TB-pixels, T2-pixels, and B2-pixels) in which opening positions are shifted from those of these imaging pixels, and a plurality of color filters arranged corresponding to the imaging pixels and the focus detecting pixels. Further, in this image sensor 21, first focus detecting pixels (TB-pixels) in which opening positions are shifted in a first direction (longitudinal direction) are arranged at positions corresponding to first color filters of the imaging pixels (blue or red color filters), and second focus detecting pixels (T2-pixels and B2-pixels) in which opening positions are shifted in the first direction and which have opening ratios different from those of the first focus detecting pixels are arranged at positions corresponding to the first color filters.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种即使在远离焦点状态下也能够迅速地进行焦点检测并且确保画质性能的图像传感器和摄像装置。 图像传感器21包括多个成像像素,开口位置从这些成像像素的开口位置偏移的多个焦点检测像素(RL像素,TB像素,T2像素和B2像素),以及a 对应于成像像素和焦点检测像素布置的多个滤色器。 此外,在该图像传感器21中,将开口位置在第一方向(纵向)上移位的第一焦点检测像素(TB-像素)布置在与成像像素的第一滤色器对应的位置处(蓝色或红色滤色器 ),并且开口位置在第一方向上移位并且具有与第一焦点检测像素不同的开口率的第二焦点检测像素(T2像素和B2像素)被布置在与第一滤色器对应的位置处 。

    IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT
    19.
    发明公开
    IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT 审中-公开
    图像拾取元素

    公开(公告)号:EP3159723A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-26

    申请号:EP15809900.2

    申请日:2015-03-25

    摘要: Top and bottom opening pixel lines are arranged for focus detection in addition to right and left opening pixel lines, and image quality and AF performance are caused to coexist with each other in mixing readout. In an image sensor that has a plurality of imaging pixels and a plurality of focus detecting pixels (RL-pixels and TB-pixels) in which opening positions of light receiving parts are shifted from those of the imaging pixels, first focus detecting pixels (R-pixels and L-pixels) in which the opening positions are shifted in a first direction are arranged in a first pixel pitch at positions corresponding to first color filters for the imaging pixels, and second focus detecting pixels (T-pixels and B-pixels) in which openings are shifted in a second direction different from the first direction are arranged in a second pixel pitch at positions corresponding to second color filters for the imaging pixels different from the first color filters.

    摘要翻译: 除左右开口像素线之外,顶部开口像素行和底部开口像素行被布置用于焦点检测,并且在混合读出中使图像质量和AF性能彼此共存。 在具有多个摄像像素和光接收部的开口位置从摄像像素的开口位置偏移的多个焦点检测像素(RL像素和TB像素)的图像传感器中,第一焦点检测像素(R 像素和B-像素)的位置处的第一像素间距中布置有开口位置在第一方向上移位的第二焦点检测像素(T-像素和L-像素) )在与第一方向不同的第二方向上移位的开口以与第一彩色滤光片不同的成像像素的第二彩色滤光片对应的位置以第二像素间距排列。