Image pickup device that is provided with peripheral circuits to prevent chip area from being increased, and image pickup apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakafumi Kishi
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakafumi Kishi
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An image pickup device which suppresses an increase in chip area of peripheral circuits without degrading the performance of a pixel section and makes it possible to prevent costs from being increased. The image pickup device includes a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate. A pixel section includes photo diodes each for generate electric charges by photoelectric conversion, floating diffusions each for temporarily storing the electric charges generated by the photo diode, and amplifiers each connected to the floating diffusion, for outputting a signal dependent on a potential of the associated floating diffusion. Column circuits are connected to vertical signal lines, respectively, for performing predetermined processing on signals output from the pixel section to vertical signal lines.
An image pickup device comprising:
An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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