Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor with photoelectric conversion units arranged in different directions
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Application No.: US17382433Application Date: 2021-07-22
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Publication No.: US11546536B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Akira Izumi
- Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2015-071017 20150331
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H01L27/28 ; H01L27/30 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N9/04 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An imaging device includes: a first image sensor comprising first pixels that receive incident light, and that include a first and second photoelectric conversion units that are arranged in a first direction; and a second image sensor including second pixels that receive light that has passed through the first image sensor, and that include a third and fourth photoelectric conversion units that are arranged in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210352233A1 IMAGE SENSOR WITH PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION UNITS ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS Public/Granted day:2021-11-11
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