Patent ID: 11968463
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. An imaging device, comprising:
a first chip including:
at least one floating diffusion region; and
a set of photoelectric conversion regions sharing the at least one floating diffusion region and that convert incident light into electric charge; and

a second chip bonded to the first chip and including:
a first readout circuit coupled to the at least one floating diffusion region and located at a first side and a first corner of the set of photoelectric conversion regions; and
a second readout circuit coupled to the at least one floating diffusion region,
wherein the second readout circuit includes a portion located at a second side and a second corner of the set of photoelectric conversion regions,
wherein the second side is opposite the first side and the second corner is opposite the first corner, and
wherein the second readout circuit is configured to control the first readout circuit.