Solid-state imaging device and signal processing device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Koizumi
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Koizumi
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A solid-state imaging device includes pixels in a matrix and a readout circuit that reads signals from a pixel. Each pixel includes a first photoelectric converter, a second photoelectric converter arranged in a first direction relative to the first photoelectric converter, a third photoelectric converter arranged in a second direction relative to the first photoelectric converter, a fourth photoelectric converter arranged in the second direction relative to the second photoelectric converter and in the first direction relative to the third photoelectric converter, and a micro lens for all the photoelectric converters. The readout circuit reads charges from all the photoelectric converters by three readout operations and reads signals so as to be able to identify a signal based on charges generated by only one photoelectric converter. The readout circuit selects the one photoelectric converter from all the photoelectric converters.
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
A signal processing device that processes signals output from a solid-state imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric converters, which include three or more photoelectric converters, and a single micro lens that converges light to the plurality of photoelectric converters, the signal processing device comprising:
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