Photoelectric conversion device and light emitting device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaichi Seto
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device includes a substrate, a photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate charges corresponding to incident light, a floating diffusion portion to which the charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred, and a transistor arranged in the substrate, the transistor having a plurality of main electrodes and a gate connected to the floating diffusion portion, the transistor being configured to output a signal corresponding to a potential of the floating diffusion portion from at least one of the plurality of main electrodes. In a plan view with respect to the substrate, the gate has four or more sides. In the plan view, the plurality of main electrodes is adjacent to three or more sides of the gate.
Claims20
A photoelectric conversion device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate charges corresponding to incident light;
- a floating diffusion portion to which the charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred;
- and
- a transistor arranged in the substrate, the transistor having a plurality of main electrodes and a gate connected to the floating diffusion portion, the transistor being configured to output a signal corresponding to a potential of the floating diffusion portion from at least one of the plurality of main electrodes,
- wherein in a plan view with respect to the substrate, the gate has four or more sides,
- wherein in the plan view, the plurality of main electrodes is adjacent to three or more sides of the gate,
- wherein the plurality of main electrodes includes a plurality of first main electrodes from which the signal corresponding to the potential of the floating diffusion portion is output, and
- wherein each of the plurality of first main electrodes is adjacent to a different side among the three or more sides.
A photoelectric conversion device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate charges corresponding to incident light;
- a floating diffusion portion to which the charges generated by the photoelectric conversion unit are transferred;
- and
- a transistor arranged in the substrate, the transistor having a plurality of main electrodes and a gate connected to the floating diffusion portion, the transistor being configured to output a signal corresponding to a potential of the floating diffusion portion from at least one of the plurality of main electrodes,
- wherein the plurality of main electrodes includes a plurality of first main electrodes from which the signal corresponding to the potential of the floating diffusion portion is output,
- wherein each of the plurality of first main electrodes has a contact plug, and
- wherein the plurality of first main electrodes is electrically connected to each other by a wiring.
A light emitting device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a light emitting element;
- and
- a transistor arranged in the substrate, the transistor having a plurality of main electrodes and a gate, the transistor being configured to supply a current corresponding to a potential of the gate from at least one of the plurality of main electrodes to the light emitting element,
- wherein in a plan view with respect to the substrate, the gate has four or more sides, and
- wherein in the plan view, the plurality of main electrodes is adjacent to three or more sides of the gate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.