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US 11,699,717 B2Granted
Image pickup element and image pickup apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasanori Tanaka
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Abstract
An image pickup element using an APD is provided. The image pickup element has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a connector. The first substrate is provided with a plurality of light receivers having the APD. The second substrate has a pixel circuit that corresponds to each of the APDs. Additionally, the connector electrically connects the APD and the pixel circuit corresponding to the APD.
Claims10
An image pickup element comprising:
- a first substrate configured to be provided with a plurality of light receiving elements that generate electric charges due to avalanche amplification in accordance with an incidence of photons;
- a second substrate configured to have a plurality of quench circuits corresponding to each of the plurality of light receiving elements;
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- a connector configured to electrically connect each light receiving element and each of the plurality of quench circuits that corresponds to a respective light receiving element of the plurality of light receiving elements,
- wherein a quench circuit of the plurality of quench circuits which corresponds to a first light receiving element of the plurality of light receiving elements is not located in a region of the second substrate corresponding to a region where the first light receiving element is provided in the first substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.