Imaging device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorTokuhiko Tamaki
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Abstract
An image pickup module including an imaging device which includes: a first photoelectric converter that converts incident light into first signal charges; a first node into which the first signal charges are input; a second photoelectric converter that converts incident light into second signal charges; and a second node into which the second signal charges are input. The image pickup module further including a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal from the imaging device, where an area of the second photoelectric converter is greater than an area of the first photoelectric converter in a plan view, and capacitance of the first node is greater than capacitance of the second node.
Claims20
An image pickup module comprising:
- an imaging device including:
- a first photoelectric converter that converts incident light into first signal charges;
- a first node into which the first signal charges are input;
- a second photoelectric converter that converts incident light into second signal charges;
- and
- a second node into which the second signal charges are input;
- and
- a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal from the imaging device, wherein
- an area of the second photoelectric converter is greater than an area of the first photoelectric converter in a plan view, and
- capacitance of the first node is greater than capacitance of the second node.
An image pickup module comprising:
- an imaging device including:
- a first photoelectric converter that converts incident light into first signal charges;
- a first node into which the first signal charges are input;
- a capacitive element connected to the first node;
- and
- a second photoelectric converter that converts incident light into second signal charges;
- and
- a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal from the imaging device, wherein
- an area of the second photoelectric converter is greater than an area of the first photoelectric converter in a plan view.
An image pickup module comprising:
- an imaging device including:
- a first photoelectric converter that converts incident light into first signal charges;
- a first node into which the first signal charges are input;
- a capacitive element connected to the first node;
- and
- a second photoelectric converter that converts incident light into second signal charges;
- and
- a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal from the imaging device, wherein
- at least a portion of the capacitive element does not overlap with the first photoelectric converter in a plan view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.