Solid state image sensor and electronic equipment
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorDaisuke Miyakoshi
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a solid state image sensor and electronic equipment that enable degradation in image quality of a captured image to be suppressed even if any pixel in a pixel array is configured as a functional pixel for obtaining desired information in order to obtain information different from a normal image. In a plurality of pixels constituting subblocks provided in an RGB Bayer array constituting a block which is a set of color units, normal pixels that capture a normal image are arranged longitudinally and laterally symmetrically within the subblock, and functional pixels for obtaining desired information other than capturing an image are arranged at the remaining positions. The present disclosure can be applied to a solid state image sensor.
Claims18
A light detecting device, comprising:
- a first pixel block that includes nine pixels arranged in 3×3 matrix, wherein
- the first pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a first color filter and a first phase difference detection pixel, and
- the first color filter is configured to transmit light in a first range of wavelengths;
- a second pixel block that includes nine pixels arranged in 3×3 matrix, wherein
- the second pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a second color filter and a second phase difference detection pixel, and
- the second color filter is configured to transmit light in a second range of wavelengths;
- a third pixel block that includes nine pixels arranged in 3×3 matrix, wherein the third pixel block includes the plurality of normal pixels of the second color filter and a third phase difference detection pixel;
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- a fourth pixel block that includes nine pixels arranged in 3×3 matrix, wherein
- the fourth pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a third color filter and a fourth phase difference detection pixel,
- the third color filter is configured to transmit light in a third range of wavelengths,
- the first phase difference detection pixel is adjacent to the second phase difference detection pixel, and
- the third phase difference detection pixel is adjacent to the fourth phase difference detection pixel.
A light detecting device, comprising:
- a first pixel block that includes nine pixels arranged in 3×3 matrix, wherein
- the first pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a first color filter and a first phase difference detection pixel, and
- the first color filter is configured to transmit light in a first range of wavelengths;
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- a second pixel block that includes nine pixels arranged in 3×3 matrix, wherein
- the second pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a second color filter and a second phase difference detection pixel,
- the second color filter is configured to transmit light in a second range of wavelengths, and
- the first phase difference detection pixel is adjacent to the second phase difference detection pixel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.