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公开(公告)号:US12108180B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US17916418
申请日:2021-03-30
发明人: Ken Miyauchi , Kazuya Mori
IPC分类号: H01L27/146 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/78 , H04N25/79
CPC分类号: H04N25/771 , H01L27/14634 , H04N25/78 , H04N25/79
摘要: A source follower element is adjacent to a first lateral part of a floating diffusion in a first direction orthogonal to the first lateral part, a reset element is adjacent to a second lateral part of the floating diffusion in the first direction, and the floating diffusion and the source follower element are connected through a wiring. Some of the photoelectric conversion elements are adjacent to each other in a second direction and spaced away from each other with a first spacing therebetween that allows at least the source follower element and the reset element to be formed therein. Some of the photoelectric conversion elements are adjacent to each other in the first direction and spaced away from each other with a second spacing therebetween that is less than the first spacing.
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公开(公告)号:US20240313013A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-19
申请号:US18676161
申请日:2024-05-28
发明人: Masahiro JOEI , Kenichi MURATA , Fumihiko KOGA , Iwao YAGI , Shintarou HIRATA , Hideaki TOGASHI , Yosuke SAITO
IPC分类号: H01L27/146 , H01L29/41 , H04N25/771 , H10K39/32
CPC分类号: H01L27/14612 , H01L27/14636 , H01L27/14685 , H01L29/41 , H04N25/771 , H10K39/32
摘要: A solid-state imaging element with pixel transistors and wires capable of efficiently outputting and transferring a pixel signal from a stacked photoelectric conversion film while suppressing an increase in manufacturing cost, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. There is provided a solid-state imaging element which includes a semiconductor substrate; a first photoelectric conversion unit provided on the semiconductor substrate; and a control unit provided stacked with the first photoelectric conversion unit and including a plurality of pixel transistors, in which the first photoelectric conversion unit includes a second electrode, a first photoelectric conversion film provided above the second electrode and converting light into charges, and a first electrode provided on the first photoelectric conversion film, the plurality of pixel transistors include an amplification transistor that amplifies and outputs the charges as a pixel signal, and a channel formation region of the amplification transistor made of an oxide semiconductor layer.
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公开(公告)号:US12080694B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-03
申请号:US18340231
申请日:2023-06-23
申请人: SiOnyx, LLC
发明人: Jutao Jiang , Jeffrey McKee , Martin U. Pralle
IPC分类号: H01L25/16 , H01L27/146 , H04N23/56 , H04N25/70 , H04N25/71 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/13 , H04N25/131
CPC分类号: H01L25/167 , H01L27/1461 , H01L27/14612 , H01L27/14625 , H01L27/1464 , H01L27/14645 , H01L27/14647 , H01L27/14649 , H04N23/56 , H04N25/70 , H04N25/745 , H04N25/771 , H01L2924/0002 , H04N25/131 , H04N25/135 , H01L2924/0002 , H01L2924/00
摘要: A monolithic sensor for detecting infrared and visible light according to an example includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer coupled to the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor layer includes a device surface opposite the semiconductor substrate. A visible light photodiode is formed at the device surface. An infrared photodiode is also formed at the device surface and in proximity to the visible light photodiode. A textured region is coupled to the infrared photodiode and positioned to interact with electromagnetic radiation.
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公开(公告)号:US20240290816A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18570713
申请日:2022-03-11
发明人: YUTA NAKAMOTO
IPC分类号: H01L27/146 , H04N25/618 , H04N25/771
CPC分类号: H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14603 , H01L27/14612 , H04N25/618 , H04N25/771
摘要: Noise is reduced. A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion unit that generates charge corresponding to an amount of received light, a transfer unit that transfers the charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, a charge storage unit that stores the charge transferred by the transfer unit, an amplifying transistor that amplifies a signal corresponding to the charge stored in the charge storage unit, and an isolation portion that isolates the photoelectric conversion unit, the amplifying transistor has a gate electrode including two vertical gate electrode portions provided in a depth-wise direction from a first surface of a semiconductor layer to sandwich a channel region therebetween, the isolation portion includes at least a first isolation portion provided in a first groove provided in the depth-wise direction from the first surface, and an insulating layer provided on a side of one of the two vertical gate electrode portions opposite to the channel region is provided to overlap at least a part of the first isolation portion when viewed in the depth-wise direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20240251185A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18370417
申请日:2023-09-20
发明人: Youngtae JANG
IPC分类号: H04N25/771 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/766
CPC分类号: H04N25/771 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/766
摘要: An imaging apparatus including: a lens configured to squeeze a real image to generate a squeezed image having a first aspect ratio; and an image sensor including pixels and configured to capture the squeezed image and generate image data corresponding to a final image having a second aspect ratio greater than the first aspect ratio, the squeezed image includes subregions respectively corresponding to the pixels, each of the pixels includes: a first photoelectric conversion element configured to generate a first photocharge packet; a second photoelectric conversion element configured to generate a second photocharge packet; and a floating diffusion node connected to the first photoelectric conversion element and the second photoelectric conversion element, the final image includes: a first pixel section corresponding to a first pixel signal based on the first photocharge packet; and a second pixel section corresponding to a second pixel signal based on the second photocharge packet.
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公开(公告)号:US12047702B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US18002792
申请日:2021-06-24
发明人: Yingyun Zha , Roger Mark Bostock , Jian Deng , Yu Zou
IPC分类号: H04N25/771 , G06F7/02 , H03M1/12 , H04N25/40 , H04N25/47 , H04N25/703 , H04N25/766 , H04N25/772 , H04N25/78 , H04N25/79
CPC分类号: H04N25/771 , G06F7/02 , H03M1/12 , H04N25/40 , H04N25/47 , H04N25/703 , H04N25/766 , H04N25/772 , H04N25/78 , H04N25/79
摘要: A delta image sensor comprising an arrangement of pixels and acquisition circuits corresponding to at least one pixel. Each acquisition circuit includes a sensor circuit comprising a photosensor to generate a sensor signal, VSIG, depending on a light signal illuminating the photosensor; at least one analogue to digital conversion, A/D, circuit configured to convert a current VSIG to a digital signal; at least one digital storage circuit configured to store a representation of at least one digital signal corresponding to a previous VSIG; a digital comparison circuit configured to compare the level of the stored representation with the current VSIG to detect whether a changed level is present; and a digital output circuit configured to generate an event output when the level has changed. The repeat rate of the analogue to digital conversion is chosen from one or more repeat rates corresponding to modulation of the light signal.
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公开(公告)号:US12022221B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-25
申请号:US17991097
申请日:2022-11-21
发明人: Changhyun Park , Eun Sub Shim
IPC分类号: H04N25/77 , H04N25/46 , H04N25/59 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/773 , H04N25/78
CPC分类号: H04N25/77 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/773
摘要: An image sensor includes a pixel including a first floating diffusion and a second floating diffusion, generating a first pixel signal based on a quantity of charge of the first floating diffusion, and generating a second pixel signal based on the quantity of charge of the first floating diffusion and a quantity of charge of the second floating diffusion; a column line connected to the pixel and transmitting the first pixel signal or the second pixel signal; and a readout circuit connected to the column line and generating an image signal based on a plurality of comparison results including a first comparison result obtained by comparing the first pixel signal with a first reference signal, a second comparison result obtained by comparing the second pixel signal with a first reference signal, and a third comparison result obtained by comparing the second pixel signal with a second reference signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20240205561A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-20
申请号:US18543583
申请日:2023-12-18
发明人: Bongki SON , Junseok KIM , Keunjoo PARK
IPC分类号: H04N25/766 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/778
CPC分类号: H04N25/766 , H04N25/771 , H04N25/778
摘要: Provided is a dynamic vision sensor. The dynamic vision sensor includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein each of the plurality of pixels is configured to detect a change in intensity of incident light; and a readout circuit configured to simultaneously select first pixels of first target columns among the plurality of columns in a first section of a binning operation, and generate and output first binning event signals of first binning pixel groups based on first event signals simultaneously output from the first pixels.
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公开(公告)号:US12003873B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-04
申请号:US17732925
申请日:2022-04-29
发明人: Luonghung Asakura
IPC分类号: H04N25/59 , H01L27/146 , H04N25/46 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/76 , H04N25/771
CPC分类号: H04N25/59 , H01L27/14641 , H04N25/46 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/76 , H04N25/771 , H01L27/1464
摘要: A first and second pixel units that perform FD addition are provided. The first pixel unit includes: a first switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to an FD; and a reset transistor that is connected between another source/drain electrode of the first switch transistor and a power supply node. The second pixel unit includes: a second switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to an FD; a third switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to another source/drain electrode of the second switch transistor; and a capacitive element that is connected between another source/drain electrode of the third switch transistor and a reference potential node. The respective other source/drain electrodes of the first switch transistor and the second switch transistor are electrically connected with each other.
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公开(公告)号:US20240171879A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18500331
申请日:2023-11-02
发明人: Shunichi WAKASHIMA , Koichi FUKUDA
IPC分类号: H04N25/771 , H04N25/11 , H04N25/704
CPC分类号: H04N25/771 , H04N25/11 , H04N25/704
摘要: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and each pixel comprises: a microlens; a plurality of photoelectric conversion units that convert incident light into charge and accumulate the charge; a plurality of holding units that hold signals corresponding to the charge; a controller that controls timings of accumulating the charge converted by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and timings of causing the plurality of holding units to hold the signals corresponding to the charge; and an output unit that outputs the signals held in the plurality of holding units in units of one row. The plurality of pixels include a plurality of first pixels having the plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second pixels having the plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.
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