IP Library Granted Patent US 10,015,430
Granted Patent B2
US 10,015,430 · App. 15/296,749 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Solid state image device and image system

Inventors: Hideo Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Kei Ochiai (Inagi, JP); Masaki Sato (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N5/378H01L27/14609H01L27/14636
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Patent No.
US 10,015,430
App. No.
15/296,749
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid state image device includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; an analog-to-digital conversion unit that converts a signal from the pixel unit into a digital signal; a digital circuit unit that processes the digital signal from the analog-to-digital conversion unit; and a wiring that supplies a predetermined voltage to the pixel unit. The wiring includes a first wiring section facing the pixel unit, a second wiring section facing at least one of the analog-to-digital conversion unit and the digital circuit unit, and a third wiring section connected to an electrode pad and connected to an electrode pad and between the second wiring section and the electrode pad, and the width of the second wiring section is smaller than respective widths of the first wiring section and the third wiring section.

Claims (30)

1. A solid state image device comprising:

a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix;

an analog-to-digital conversion unit that converts a signal from the pixel unit into a digital signal;

a digital circuit unit that processes the digital signal from the analog-to-digital conversion unit; and

a wiring that supplies a voltage to the pixel unit,

wherein the wiring includes a first wiring section facing the pixel unit, a second wiring section facing at least one of the analog-to-digital conversion unit and the digital circuit unit, and a third wiring section connected to an electrode pad and between the second wiring section and the electrode pad, and

wherein a width of the second wiring section is smaller than respective widths of the first wiring section and the third wiring section.

2. The solid state image device according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the first wiring section is larger than the width of the third wiring section.

3. The solid state image device according to claim 1 further comprising other wirings that supply voltages to the analog-to-digital conversion unit and the digital circuit unit, respectively, wherein the other wirings do not face the pixel unit.

4. The solid state image device according to claim 3 , wherein the width of the first wring section is equal to a distance from one end to the other end of the third wiring section and the other wirings, the distance being in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the wiring extends from the third wiring section to the first wiring section.

5. The solid state image device according to claim 1 , wherein the second wiring section has a recess portion in only one side of the wiring in a planer view with respect to a plane including the matrix.

6. The solid state image device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wiring section faces a part of the analog-to-digital conversion unit.

7. The solid state image device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring is connected to an external terminal via the electrode pad, and

wherein the solid state image device comprises a plurality of the wirings.

8. The solid state image device according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of the wirings, wherein the plurality of the wirings are electrically connected to each other.

9. The solid state image device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring is a ground wiring that supplies a ground potential.

10. The solid state image device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring is a power source wiring that supplies a power source voltage.

11. The solid state image device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of the wirings include: a ground wiring that supplies a ground potential; and a power source wiring that supplies a power source voltage.

12. The solid state image device according to claim 11 , wherein the width or a length of the second wiring section in the ground wiring is different from the width or a length of the second wiring section in the power source wiring.

13. The solid state image device according to claim 11 , wherein the width of the second wiring section of the power source wiring is larger than the width of the second wiring section of the ground wiring.

14. An image system comprising:

a solid state image device; and

a signal processing device that processes a signal from the solid state image device,

wherein the solid state image device includes

a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix;

an analog-to-digital conversion unit that converts a signal from the pixel unit into a digital signal;

a digital circuit unit that processes the digital signal from the analog-to-digital conversion unit; and

a wiring that supplies a voltage to the pixel unit,

wherein the wiring includes a first wiring section facing the pixel unit, a second wiring section facing at least one of the analog-to-digital conversion unit and the digital circuit unit, and a third wiring section connected to an electrode pad and between the second wiring section and the electrode pad, and

wherein a width of the second wiring section is smaller than respective widths of the first wiring section and the third wiring section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2017
From: KOBAYASHI, HIDEO; OCHIAI, KEI; SATO, MASAKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 041611/0254 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-233016 · Nov 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170155862A1 · Jun 1, 2017
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