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US 11,387,279 B2Granted
Imaging element, electronic apparatus, and method of driving imaging element
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorTakayuki Ogasahara
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Abstract
An imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first photoelectric conversion section and a second photoelectric conversion section that are stacked in order from light incident side and that selectively detect and photoelectrically convert light beams of different wavelength bands, and the second photoelectric conversion section is disposed at an interval narrower than a pixel pitch of the first photoelectric conversion section.
Claims14
An imaging element, comprising:
- a first photoelectric conversion section configured to acquire a color signal of first light;
- and
- a second photoelectric conversion section configured to acquire a color signal of second light, wherein
- each of the first photoelectric conversion section and the second photoelectric conversion section are configured to selectively detect and photoelectrically convert light beams of different wavelength bands,
- a wavelength band of the first light is different from a wavelength band of the second light,
- the color signal of the second light is acquired based on addition of four pixels of the second photoelectric conversion section to one pixel of the first photoelectric conversion section in a high-resolution mode and a high-speed mode,
- the high-resolution mode and the high-speed mode are operation modes of the imaging element,
- the first photoelectric conversion section and the second photoelectric conversion section are stacked in order from a light incident side, and
- the second photoelectric conversion section is at an interval narrower than a pixel pitch of the first photoelectric conversion section.
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An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- an imaging element, the imaging element including:
- a first photoelectric conversion section configured to acquire a color signal of first light, and
- a second photoelectric conversion section configured to acquire a color signal of second light, wherein
- each of the first photoelectric conversion section and the second photoelectric conversion section are configured to selectively detect and photoelectrically convert light beams of different wavelength bands,
- a wavelength band of the first light is different from a wavelength band of the second light,
- the color signal of the second light is acquired based on addition of four pixels of the second photoelectric conversion section to one pixel of the first photoelectric conversion section in a high-resolution mode and a high-speed mode,
- the high-resolution mode and the high-speed mode are operation modes of the imaging element,
- the first photoelectric conversion section and the second photoelectric conversion section are stacked in order from a light incident side, and
- the second photoelectric conversion section is at an interval narrower than a pixel pitch of the first photoelectric conversion section.
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A method of driving an imaging element including a first photoelectric conversion section and a second photoelectric conversion section, wherein the method comprising:
- acquiring, by the first photoelectric conversion section, a color signal of first light;
- and
- acquiring, by the second photoelectric conversion section, a color signal of second light, wherein
- each of the first photoelectric conversion section and the second photoelectric conversion section are configured to selectively detect and photoelectrically convert light beams of different wavelength bands,
- a wavelength band of the first light is different from a wavelength band of the second light,
- the color signal of the second light is acquired based on addition of four pixels of the second photoelectric conversion section to one pixel of the first photoelectric conversion section in a high-resolution mode and a high-speed mode,
- the high-resolution mode and the high-speed mode are operation modes of the imaging element,
- the first photoelectric conversion section and the second photoelectric conversion section are stacked in order from a light incident side, and
- the second photoelectric conversion section is at an interval narrower than a pixel pitch of the first photoelectric conversion section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.