US 2026/0075336 A1Published application

Imaging sensor and imaging device

AssigneeNikon Corporation

InventorsTomoki HIRATA, Daiki OGURA, Shigeru MATSUMOTO, Masahiro JUEN

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Abstract

An imaging sensor including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion units provided in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction and configured to generate electric charges through photoelectric conversion; signal lines each of which is wired in the second direction and to which signals based on the electric charges generated by the photoelectric conversion units are output; and processing units configured to process the signals output to the signal lines, wherein, in a second region between a first region in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion units are provided in the first direction and the second direction and a plurality of the processing units, a plurality of the signal lines are adjacent to each other in at least one of the second direction and a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction.

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Dependent claims

An imaging sensor comprising:

a first photoelectric converter that converts light into an electric charge;
a second photoelectric converter that converts light into an electric charge, the second photoelectric converter being disposed adjacent to the first photoelectric converter in a first direction;
a first signal line through which a first signal that is based on the electric charge converted by the first photoelectric converter is output, the first signal line having a first portion extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, a second portion extending in the first direction, and a third portion extending along the second direction;
a second signal line through which a second signal that is based on the electric charge converted by the second photoelectric converter is output, the second signal line having a fourth portion extending along the second direction, a fifth portion extending in the first direction, and a sixth portion extending along the second direction;
a first wiring that is arranged between the first portion and the fourth portion in the first direction and extends in the second direction;
and
a second wiring that is provided separately from the first wiring, arranged between the third portion and the sixth portion in the first direction, and extends in the second direction.

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Facts

Application: 19/392,934Filed 18 Nov 2025
Priority: JP 2020-17302614 Oct 2020
Published: 12 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04N 25/709
SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith: circuitry for control of the power supply
H04N 25/766
Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors: comprising control or output lines used for a plurality of functions, e.g. for pixel output, driving,…
H04N 25/76
SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith: addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
H04N 25/78
Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors: readout circuits for addressed sensors, e.g. output amplifiers or A/D converters

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Application18/031,047Continuation · filed 10 Apr 2023
Application19/392,934Continuation
US 12,506,986 B2Related patent
US 2023/0362513 A1Published application
US 2026/0075336 A1This patent

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