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US 10,855,941 · App. 16/349,035 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Solid-state imaging element and electronic device

Inventor: Nobuhiro Kawai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
H04N5/363H01L27/146H01L27/14603H01L27/14612H01L27/286H01L27/307H04N5/361H04N5/369H04N5/3698H04N5/374H04N5/379H04N5/3745H01L27/14647H01L27/14665
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Patent No.
US 10,855,941
App. No.
16/349,035
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid-state imaging element of the present disclosure includes a pixel. The pixel includes a charge accumulation unit that accumulates a charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit, a reset transistor that selectively applies a reset voltage to the charge accumulation unit, an amplification transistor having a gate electrode electrically connected to the charge accumulation unit, and a selection transistor connected in series to the amplification transistor. Additionally, the solid-state imaging element includes a first wiring electrically connecting the charge accumulation unit and the gate electrode of the amplification transistor, a second wiring electrically connected to a common connection node of the amplification transistor and the selection transistor and formed along the first wiring, and a third wiring electrically connecting the amplification transistor and the selection transistor.

Claims (26)

1. A solid-state imaging element, comprising:

a pixel, wherein the pixel comprises:

circuitry configured to accumulate a charge photoelectrically converted by an organic photoelectric conversion film;

a reset transistor configured to selectively apply a reset voltage to the circuitry;

an amplification transistor having a gate electrode electrically connected to the circuitry; and

a selection transistor connected in series to the amplification transistor;

a first wiring configured to electrically connect the circuitry and the gate electrode of the amplification transistor;

a second wiring electrically connected to a common connection node of the amplification transistor and the selection transistor, wherein the second wiring is along the first wiring; and

a third wiring configured to electrically connect the amplification transistor and the selection transistor.

2. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein, based on accumulation of holes by the circuitry, the reset voltage is at a ground (GND) level.

3. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein, based on accumulation of electrons by the circuitry, the reset voltage is a power supply voltage or a boosted voltage having a voltage value higher than the power supply voltage.

4. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are in parallel in different wiring layers.

5. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are in parallel in a same wiring layer.

6. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein wiring of any one of the first wiring, the second wiring, and the third wiring includes a wiring material different from a wiring material of the other wirings of the first wiring, the second wiring, and the third wiring.

7. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein at least two photoelectric conversion regions are stacked in a light incident direction in a semiconductor substrate on which pixels are formed.

8. The solid-state imaging element according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel has a back-illuminated pixel structure.

9. An electronic device, including:

a solid-state imaging element comprising:

a pixel, wherein the pixel comprises:

circuitry configured to accumulate a charge photoelectrically converted by an organic photoelectric conversion film;

a reset transistor configured to selectively apply a reset voltage to the circuitry;

an amplification transistor having a gate electrode electrically connected to the; and

a selection transistor connected in series to the amplification transistor;

a first wiring configured to electrically connect the circuitry and the gate electrode of the amplification transistor;

a second wiring electrically connected to a common connection node of the amplification transistor and the selection transistor, wherein the second wiring is along the first wiring; and

a third wiring configured to electrically connect the amplification transistor and the selection transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: KAWAI, NOBUHIRO
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049670/0069 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-239152 · Dec 9, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190268554A1 · Aug 29, 2019
Cited By (1)
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