Imaging element, imaging method and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAtsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
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Abstract
There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
Claims36
1-18. (canceled)
A light detecting device comprising:
- a first pixel configured to output a first signal;
- a second pixel configured to output a second signal, the second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction;
- a first signal line coupled to the first pixel and configured to convey the first signal;
- a second signal line coupled to the second pixel and configured to convey the second signal;
- a shield line disposed between the first signal line and the second signal line, wherein the first signal line, the second signal line and the shield line extend in the first direction;
- and
- a potential line coupled to the shield line, the potential line extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction,
- wherein a potential of the shield line and the potential line is a predetermined voltage.
A light detecting device comprising:
- a first pixel;
- a second pixel;
- a third pixel configured to output a third signal, wherein the second pixel is between the first pixel and the third pixel in a first direction;
- a first signal line coupled to the first pixel and the third pixel;
- a second signal line coupled to the second pixel;
- a shield line disposed between the first signal line and the second signal line, wherein the first signal line, the second signal line and the shield line extend in the first direction;
- and
- a potential line coupled to the shield line, the potential line extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction,
- wherein a potential of the shield line and the potential line is a predetermined voltage.
A light detecting device comprising:
- a first pixel unit configured to output a first signal, the first pixel unit including a first plurality of photoelectric conversion regions;
- a second pixel unit configured to output a second signal, the second pixel unit including a second plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, wherein the first pixel unit is disposed adjacent to the second pixel unit in a first direction;
- a first signal line coupled to the first pixel unit and configured to convey the first signal;
- a second signal line coupled to the second pixel unit and configured to convey the second signal;
- a shield line disposed between the first signal line and the second signal line, wherein the first signal line, the second signal line and the shield line extend in the first direction;
- and
- a potential line coupled to the shield line, the potential line extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction,
- wherein a potential of the shield line and the potential line is a predetermined voltage.
The light detecting device of claim 479, wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel further comprise:
- a fifth signal line extending in the second direction, through which a selection pulse is supplied to a selection transistor of the respective pixel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.