Sensor device for automatic exposure and automatic focus
    81.
    发明授权
    Sensor device for automatic exposure and automatic focus 有权
    用于自动曝光和自动对焦的传感器装置

    公开(公告)号:US07221400B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-22

    申请号:US10347875

    申请日:2003-01-22

    IPC分类号: H04N5/235

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2351 H04N5/23212

    摘要: An image pickup apparatus including a first photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for performing focus adjustment; a second photoelectric conversion circuit that has a photoelectric conversion area and is used for performing exposure amount adjustment; and a control circuit for controlling a power supply such that power is supplied to the first photoelectric conversion circuit and the second photoelectric conversion circuit independently, in which the first photoelectric conversion circuit and the second photoelectric conversion circuit are formed on a same semiconductor substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种图像拾取装置,包括具有光电转换区域并用于进行焦点调整的第一光电转换电路; 具有光电转换区域并用于进行曝光量调整的第二光电转换电路; 以及用于控制电源的控制电路,使得在同一半导体衬底上形成第一光电转换电路和第二光电转换电路的电源被独立地提供给第一光电转换电路和第二光电转换电路。

    SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE
    83.
    发明申请
    SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE 有权
    固态图像拾取器件

    公开(公告)号:US20070070230A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-29

    申请号:US11559948

    申请日:2006-11-15

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    CPC分类号: H01L31/11 H01L27/14643

    摘要: A solid state image pickup device is provided which can reduce crosstalks between range finding photoelectric conversion elements (AF sensor) and photometry photoelectric conversion elements (AE sensor). The solid state image pickup device has an n-type epitaxial semiconductor region, a p-type first well region formed in the semiconductor region, a p-type second well region formed in the semiconductor region and electrically separated from the first well, an n-type first impurity doped region formed in the first well region and an n-type second impurity doped region formed in the second well, wherein a photometry photoelectric conversion element is formed by using the p-type first well region and n-type first impurity doped region, and a range finding photoelectric element is formed by using the p-type second well region and n-type impurity doped region.

    摘要翻译: 提供了可以减少测距光电转换元件(AF传感器)和测光光电转换元件(AE传感器)之间的串扰的固态图像拾取装置。 固态摄像装置具有n型外延半导体区域,形成在半导体区域中的p型第一阱区域,形成在半导体区域中并与第一阱电分离的p型第二阱区域,n 形成在第一阱区中的n型第一杂质掺杂区和形成在第二阱中的n型第二杂质掺杂区,其中通过使用p型第一阱区和n型第一杂质形成光度测量光电转换元件 掺杂区域,并且通过使用p型第二阱区域和n型杂质掺杂区域形成测距光电元件。

    Focus detecting device and camera system using the same device
    84.
    发明申请
    Focus detecting device and camera system using the same device 失效
    聚焦检测装置和摄像机系统使用相同的设备

    公开(公告)号:US20070047939A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-01

    申请号:US11499719

    申请日:2006-08-07

    IPC分类号: G03B13/00 G03B3/00

    CPC分类号: G03B13/36 G02B7/34 G02B7/36

    摘要: Although an area type focus detecting device for performing phase difference detection type multi point autofocus is used for high speed high precision autofocus of multi points in a wide region, there is a problem of cost increase due to the increase of the chip area. In accordance with the present invention, photoreceiving area of a specific pixel in an area sensor is made larger than the photoreceiving area of other pixels in the same area sensor. Thus, because the sensor sensitivity is improved and the increase of the chip area is suppressed to a minimum level, the low cost high precision area type focus detecting device can be provided.

    摘要翻译: 虽然用于执行相位差检测型多点自动对焦的区域型焦点检测装置用于广域中的多点的高速高精度自动对焦,但是由于芯片面积的增加,存在成本增加的问题。 根据本发明,使区域传感器中的特定像素的光接收区域比相同区域传感器中的其他像素的光接收区域大。 因此,由于传感器灵敏度得到改善并且芯片面积的增加被抑制到最小水平,因此可以提供低成本的高精度区域型焦点检测装置。

    Semiconductor device
    85.
    发明申请
    Semiconductor device 有权
    半导体器件

    公开(公告)号:US20070045672A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-01

    申请号:US11491507

    申请日:2006-07-24

    IPC分类号: H01L29/80

    摘要: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device capable of detecting light from weak light to strong light and relates to a photoelectric conversion device having a photodiode having a photoelectric conversion layer; an amplifier circuit including a transistor; and a switch, where the photodiode and the amplifier circuit are electrically connected to each other by the switch when intensity of entering light is lower than predetermined intensity so that a photoelectric current is amplified by the amplifier circuit to be outputted, and the photodiode and part or all of the amplifier circuits are electrically disconnected by the switch so that a photoelectric current is reduced in an amplification factor to be outputted. According to such a photoelectric conversion device, light from weak light to strong light can be detected.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种能够检测弱光到强光的光的光电转换装置,涉及具有光电转换层的光电二极管的光电转换装置; 包括晶体管的放大器电路; 以及开关,其中当入射光的强度低于预定强度时,光电二极管和放大器电路通过开关彼此电连接,使得光电流被放大器电路放大以输出,并且光电二极管和部分 或者所有的放大器电路都被开关电断开,使得放大系数中的光电流减小以被输出。 根据这样的光电转换装置,能够检测弱光到强光的光。

    Image pickup apparatus utilizing a plurality of converging lenses
    88.
    发明授权
    Image pickup apparatus utilizing a plurality of converging lenses 失效
    利用多个会聚透镜的摄像装置

    公开(公告)号:US06995800B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-07

    申请号:US09768500

    申请日:2001-01-25

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2254 H01L27/14627

    摘要: In order to prevent an image quality from being lowered by shading and or the like, an image pickup apparatus is provided which includes an image pickup area including a plurality of photoelectric conversion areas, a plurality of converging lenses for converging light on a plurality of photoelectric conversion areas, and a light shielding area having a plurality of opening areas through which light is incident upon the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas, wherein positions of the converging lens and opening area are shifted inward than a corresponding photoelectric conversion area.

    摘要翻译: 为了防止通过阴影等降低图像质量,提供了一种图像拾取装置,其包括包括多个光电转换区域的图像拾取区域,用于将光会聚在多个光电转换区域上的多个会聚透镜 转换区域和具有光入射到多个光电转换区域的多个开口区域的遮光区域,其中会聚透镜和开口区域的位置比对应的光电转换区域向内偏移。

    Image pickup apparatus
    90.
    发明申请
    Image pickup apparatus 失效
    摄像设备

    公开(公告)号:US20050270395A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-08

    申请号:US11198232

    申请日:2005-08-08

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335 H04N3/15 H04N9/04

    摘要: An image pickup apparatus is provided, which comprises a plurality of image pickup areas formed on a same semiconductor chip and arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, each image pickup area having a plurality of pixels arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, a plurality of vertical scanning circuits which sequentially scan pixels in the vertical direction to scan a plurality of image pickup areas in the vertical direction independently from each other, a plurality of lenses, at least one of which is provided in each of the plurality of image pickup areas and which focuses light to form an image on the image pickup areas, and a driving circuit which drives the plurality of vertical scanning circuits so that at least a part of a scanning period of each of the plurality of vertical scanning circuits overlaps with each other.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种图像拾取装置,其包括形成在相同的半导体芯片上且沿水平和垂直方向布置的多个图像拾取区域,每个图像拾取区域具有沿水平和垂直方向布置的多个像素, 多个垂直扫描电路,其顺序地扫描垂直方向上的像素,以在垂直方向上彼此独立地扫描多个摄像区域;多个透镜,其中至少一个设置在多个图像拾取器 区域,其聚焦光以在图像拾取区域上形成图像;以及驱动电路,其驱动多个垂直扫描电路,使得多个垂直扫描电路中的每一个的扫描周期的至少一部分彼此重叠 。