IP Library Granted Patent US 11,984,462
Granted Patent B2
US 11,984,462 · App. 17/981,758 · Granted May 14, 2024

Image pickup device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Hiroaki Ishiwata (Tokyo, JP); Harumi Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Atsuhiro Ando (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H01L27/14601H01L27/146H01L27/14634H01L27/14636H01L27/14683H01L27/1469H04N25/70H04N25/79H01L27/14643
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Patent No.
US 11,984,462
App. No.
17/981,758
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an image pickup device and an electronic apparatus that enable warping of a substrate to be suppressed. A first structural body including a pixel array unit is layered with a second structural body including an input/output circuit unit and outputting a pixel signal output from the pixel to the outside of the device, and a signal processing circuit; and a signal output external terminal and a signal input external terminal are arranged below the pixel array unit, the signal output external terminal being connected to the outside via a first through-via penetrating through a semiconductor substrate in the second structural body, the signal input external terminal being connected to the outside via a second through-via connected to an input circuit unit and penetrating through the semiconductor substrate. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, the image pickup device, and the like.

Claims (22)

1. An image pickup device, comprising:

a first structural body, wherein the first structural body includes a plurality of pixels;

a second structural body, wherein the second structural body includes an image signal processing unit; and

a third structural body, wherein the third structural body includes a plurality of area signal processing units, wherein each area signal processing unit in the plurality of area signal processing units is connected to at least one of the pixels in the plurality of pixels, wherein each area processing unit in the plurality of area signal processing units is connected to the image processing unit, and wherein the third structural body is between the first structural body and the second structural body.

2. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the pixels of the first structural body are disposed in a plurality of shared units, wherein each shared unit includes a number of pixels.

3. The image pickup device of claim 2 , wherein one area signal processing unit of the third structural body is provided for each shared unit.

4. The image pickup device of claim 3 , wherein each pixel in the plurality of pixels includes one photodiode and one transfer transistor.

5. The image pickup device of claim 3 , wherein the number of pixels within each shared unit is four.

6. The image pickup device of claim 3 , wherein each shared unit in the plurality of shared units is connected to a corresponding area signal processing unit.

7. The image pickup device of claim 6 , wherein, in a plan view, the corresponding area signal processing unit for each shared unit is located immediately below the shared unit.

8. The image pickup device of claim 7 , wherein each shared unit in the plurality of shared units is connected to the corresponding area signal processing unit by a bonding structure.

9. The image pickup device of claim 8 , wherein the bonding structure is a Cu—Cu direct bonding structure.

10. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the area signal processing units are disposed in an array.

11. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the third structural body additionally includes a column reading unit, wherein each of the area signal processing units is connected to the column reading unit.

12. The image pickup device of claim 11 , wherein the second structural body additionally includes a reading unit, and wherein the column reading unit is connected to the reading unit by a wiring line.

13. The image pickup device of claim 12 , wherein each of the area signal processing units includes a reading signal processing unit and a data holding unit.

14. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the pixels are separated from one another by a deep trench isolation structure.

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

an image pickup device, including:

a first structural body, wherein the first structural body includes a plurality of pixels;

a second structural body, wherein the second structural body includes an image signal processing unit; and

a third structural body, wherein the third structural body includes a plurality of area signal processing units, wherein each area signal processing unit in the plurality of area signal processing units is connected to at least one of the pixels in the plurality of pixels, wherein each area processing unit in the plurality of area signal processing units is connected to the image processing unit, and wherein the third structural body is between the first structural body and the second structural body.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: ISHIWATA, HIROAKI; TANAKA, HARUMI; ANDO, ATSUHIRO
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061674/0801 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061887/0809 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-059978 · Mar 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17308569 · May 5, 2021
Continuation 16688234 · Nov 19, 2019
Continuation 16085452
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