IP Library Granted Patent US 10,681,292
Granted Patent B2
US 10,681,292 · App. 16/060,106 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Image sensor, image capturing system, and production method of image sensor

Inventor: Atsushi Toda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04N5/36965G01S7/4816G01S17/86G01S17/931G02B5/201G02B5/208G02B5/26G02B5/281H01L24/29H01L24/32H01L27/14629H01L27/14634H01L27/14636H01L27/14647H01L27/14652H01L27/14685H04N5/332H01L27/1464H01L27/1469H01L27/14689H01L2224/2908H01L2224/29188H01L2224/30505H01L2224/32145H01L2924/05042H01L2924/05341H01L2924/05442
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Patent No.
US 10,681,292
App. No.
16/060,106
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an imaging device, an electronic apparatus including an imaging device, and an automotive vehicle including an electronic apparatus including an imaging device, including: a first substrate including a first set of photoelectric conversion units; a second substrate including a second set of photoelectric conversion units; and an insulating layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; where the insulating layer has a capability to reflect a first wavelength range of light and transmit a second wavelength range of light that is longer than the first wavelength range of light.

Claims (53)

1. An automotive vehicle, comprising:

an electronic apparatus comprising:

an imaging device, comprising:

a first substrate comprising a first set of photoelectric conversion units;

a second substrate comprising a second set of photoelectric conversion units; and

an insulating layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

wherein at least one of a logic circuit and a memory circuit are provided on a side of the second substrate that is furthest from the insulating layer; and

wherein the insulating layer has a capability to reflect a first wavelength range of light and transmit a second wavelength range of light that is longer than the first wavelength range of light.

2. The automotive vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical system that directs light propagating from an imaged object to the imaging device.

3. The automotive vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls an overall drive state of the imaging device.

4. The automotive vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a light source; and

an optical filter,

wherein the light source emits light that transmits through the optical filter towards an imaged object.

5. The automotive vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit calculates a distance to the imaged object by outputting a control signal for emitting a pulse light to the light source to measure a delay time, wherein the delay time is measured from the outputting of the control signal to outputting of signal data from the second set of photoelectric conversion units from a reflected amount of infrared light received at the second set of photoelectric conversion units from the imaged object, and wherein the control unit calculates the distance using the delay time and a light speed.

6. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

an imaging device, comprising:

a first substrate comprising a first set of photoelectric conversion units;

a second substrate comprising a second set of photoelectric conversion units; and

an insulating layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

wherein at least one of a logic circuit and a memory circuit are provided on a side of the second substrate that is furthest from the insulating layer; and

wherein the insulating layer has a capability to reflect a first wavelength range of light and transmit a second wavelength range of light that is longer than the first wavelength range of light.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an optical system that directs light propagating from an imaged object to the imaging device.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls an overall drive state of the imaging device.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a light source; and

an optical filter,

wherein the light source emits light that transmits through the optical filter towards an imaged object.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an optical filter located on a side of the first substrate that is furthest from the insulating layer, wherein the optical filter transmits incoming light to the second set of photoelectric conversion units.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the optical filter transmits only a part of wavelength band λ 0 among an infrared light band such that a mixed color of the incoming light is reduced in the first set of photoelectric conversion units.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first wavelength range of light that is reflected is visible light reflected into the first set of photoelectric conversion units, and wherein the second wavelength range of light that is transmitted is infrared light transmitted into the second set of photoelectric conversion units.

13. An imaging device, comprising:

a first substrate comprising a first set of photoelectric conversion units;

a second substrate comprising a second set of photoelectric conversion units; and

an insulating layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

wherein at least one of a logic circuit and a memory circuit are provided on a side of the second substrate that is furthest from the insulating layer; and

wherein the insulating layer has a capability to reflect a first wavelength range of light and transmit a second wavelength range of light that is longer than the first wavelength range of light.

14. The imaging device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

an optical system that directs light propagating from an imaged object to the imaging device.

15. The imaging device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a control unit that controls an overall drive state of the imaging device.

16. The imaging device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a light source; and

an optical filter,

wherein the light source emits light that transmits through the optical filter towards an imaged object.

17. The imaging device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

an optical filter located on a side of the first substrate that is furthest from the insulating layer, wherein the optical filter transmits incoming light to the second set of photoelectric conversion units.

18. The imaging device according to claim 13 , wherein the first wavelength range of light that is reflected is visible light reflected into the first set of photoelectric conversion units, and wherein the second wavelength range of light that is transmitted is infrared light transmitted into the second set of photoelectric conversion units.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2018
From: TODA, ATSUSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046026/0497 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-244083 · Dec 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180367746A1 · Dec 20, 2018
Cited By (1)
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