# US 12,003,872 B2 · Imaging device including photoelectric conversion layer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,872 B2 - Document ID: US12003872B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/190,002 - Filed: 2023-03-24 - Published: 2023-08-03 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-03 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yasuo Miyake; Masashi Murakami; Tokuhiko Tamaki; Yoshiaki Satou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003872B2 ## CPC - H10K 39/32: Organic image sensors - H04N 25/532: by controlling global shutters in CMOS SSIS - H04N 25/62: Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels - H04N 25/709: Circuitry for control of the power supply - H04N 25/76: Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors - H10F 39/193: {Infrared image sensors} - H10F 39/803: {Pixels having integrated switching, control, storage or amplification elements} - H10F 39/8037: {the integrated elements comprising a transistor} - H04N 25/531: by controlling rolling shutters in CMOS SSIS - H10K 85/311: {Phthalocyanine} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION ## Abstract An imaging device including pixels each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a signal charge; and controller, where the controller causes the pixels to perform global shutter operation in a first frame period and causes the pixels to perform rolling shatter operation in a second frame period different from the first frame period. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An imaging device comprising: pixels each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a signal charge, wherein the photoelectric converter includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode of each of the pixels being electrically coupled to each other; a controller configured to cause the pixels to perform global shutter operation in a first frame period and cause the pixels to perform rolling shatter operation in a second frame period different from the first frame period; and voltage supply circuitry, electrically coupled to the second electrode, configured to supply a first voltage and a second voltage different from the first voltage to the second electrode in the first frame period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the controller switches between the global shutter operation and the rolling shatter operation according to an object to be captured. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The imaging device according to claim 1, further comprising a signal line, wherein the pixels include first pixels coupled to the signal line, each of the first pixels includes: a charge accumulation region that stores the signal charge; and a first transistor having a gate electrically coupled to the charge accumulation region, and the first transistor of each of the first pixels is configured to output a signal corresponding to an amount of the signal charge stored in the charge accumulation region to the signal line in both the global shutter operation and the rolling shatter operation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the voltage supply circuitry is configured to: supply the first voltage to the second electrode in an exposure period of the first frame period; and supply the second voltage to the second electrode in a non-exposure period of the first frame period. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The imaging device according to claim 1, further comprising voltage supply circuitry electrically coupled to the second electrode, wherein the voltage supply circuitry is configured to supply a first voltage to the second electrode in the second frame period. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the pixels are arranged in rows and columns. ### Claim 7 An imaging device comprising: pixels each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a signal charge, wherein the photoelectric converter includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode of each of the pixels being electrically coupled to each other; a controller configured to cause the pixels to perform global shutter operation in a first frame period and cause the pixels to perform rolling shatter operation in a second frame period different from the first frame period; and voltage supply circuitry, electrically coupled to the second electrode, configured to supply a first voltage to the second electrode in both an exposure period and a non-exposure period in the second frame period. ### Claim 8 An imaging device comprising: pixels each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a signal charge, wherein the photoelectric converter includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode of each of the pixels being electrically coupled to each other; a controller configured to cause the pixels to perform global shutter operation in a first mode and cause the pixels to perform rolling shatter operation in a second mode; and voltage supply circuitry, electrically coupled to the second electrode, configured to supply a first voltage and a second voltage different from the first voltage to the second electrode in the first mode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The imaging device according to claim 8, wherein the controller switches between the first mode and the second mode according to an object to be captured. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The imaging device according to claim 8, further comprising a signal line, wherein the pixels include first pixels coupled to the signal line, each of the first pixels includes: a charge accumulation region that stores the signal charge; and a first transistor having a gate electrically coupled to the charge accumulation region, and the first transistor of each of the first pixels is configured to output a signal corresponding to an amount of the signal charge stored in the charge accumulation region to the signal line in both the first mode and the second mode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The imaging device according to claim 8, wherein, in the first mode, the voltage supply circuitry is configured to: supply the first voltage to the second electrode in an exposure period; and supply the second voltage to the second electrode in a non-exposure period. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The imaging device according to claim 8, further comprising voltage supply circuitry electrically coupled to the second electrode, wherein the voltage supply circuitry is configured to supply a first voltage to the second electrode in the second mode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The imaging device according to claim 8, wherein the pixels are arranged in rows and columns. ### Claim 14 An imaging device comprising: pixels each including a photoelectric converter that converts light into a signal charge, wherein the photoelectric converter includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode of each of the pixels being electrically coupled to each other; a controller configured to cause the pixels to perform global shutter operation in a first mode and cause the pixels to perform rolling shatter operation in a second mode; and voltage supply circuitry, electrically coupled to the second electrode, configured to supply a first voltage to the second electrode in both an exposure period and a non-exposure period in the second mode.