IP Library Granted Patent US 9,888,190
Granted Patent B2
US 9,888,190 · App. 15/351,075 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Imaging device

Inventors: Takayoshi Yamada (Hyogo, JP); Masashi Murakami (Kyoto, JP); Kazuko Nishimura (Kyoto, JP); Hidenari Kanehara (Kyoto, JP); Yasuo Miyake (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04N5/35563H01L27/14603H04N5/23245H04N5/357H04N5/3696H04N5/3698
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Patent No.
US 9,888,190
App. No.
15/351,075
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a counter electrode; a first pixel electrode facing the counter electrode; a second pixel electrode facing the counter electrode; a third pixel electrode facing the counter electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode, and the counter electrode; a first signal detection circuit electrically connected to the first pixel electrode; a second signal detection circuit electrically connected to the second pixel electrode; a first switching element connected between the third pixel electrode and the first signal detection circuit; and a second switching element connected between the third pixel electrode and the second signal detection circuit.

Claims (22)

1. An imaging device comprising:

a counter electrode;

a first pixel electrode facing the counter electrode;

a second pixel electrode facing the counter electrode;

a third pixel electrode facing the counter electrode;

a photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode, and the counter electrode;

a first signal detection circuit electrically connected to the first pixel electrode;

a second signal detection circuit electrically connected to the second pixel electrode;

a first switching element connected between the third pixel electrode and the first signal detection circuit; and

a second switching element connected between the third pixel electrode and the second signal detection circuit.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode are located in a same layer.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first switching element and the second switching element electrically connect the third pixel electrode to either one of the first signal detection circuit and the second signal detection circuit.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a sum of an area of the second pixel electrode and an area of the third pixel electrode to an area of the first pixel electrode is 0.01 or more and 1 or less.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an auxiliary electrode located around the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode.

6. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a distance measurement circuit that calculates a distance from a subject on the basis of an output from the first signal detection circuit and an output from the second signal detection circuit.

7. An imaging module comprising:

an imaging device according to claim 1 ; and

a camera signal processing circuit, wherein

the imaging device outputs a pixel signal on the basis of an output from the first signal detection circuit and an output from the second signal detection circuit, and

the camera signal processing circuit generates image data on the basis of the pixel signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2017
From: YAMADA, TAKAYOSHI; MURAKAMI, MASASHI; NISHIMURA, KAZUKO; KANEHARA, HIDENARI; MIYAKE, YASUO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-236864 · Dec 3, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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