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US 2018/0219035 A1Published application
Solid state imaging device
AssigneeTowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
InventorHirohisa OTSUKI
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Abstract
A plurality of pixels which are two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate includes: a photodiode generating charge by photoelectric conversion; two readout gates each reading charge from the photodiode; and two memories each receiving the charge from the photodiode through an associated one of the two readout gates and temporarily retaining the charge received. Two of the pixels adjacent to each other in a row direction share one of the two readout gates.
Claims7
A solid state imaging device comprising
- a plurality of pixels which are two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate,
- each of the pixels including:
- a photodiode generating charge by photoelectric conversion;
- two readout gates each reading charge from the photodiode;
- and
- two memories each receiving the charge from the photodiode through an associated one of the two readout gates and temporarily retaining the charge received, wherein
- one of the two readout gates of one of the pixels is connected through a gate interconnect to one of the two readout gates of another one of the pixels adjacent to the one of the pixels in a row direction.
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