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

Claim 13:
14. An imaging device, comprising:
a first floating diffusion region;
a first group of photoelectric conversion regions sharing the first floating diffusion region and that convert incident light into electric charges;
a second floating diffusion region;
a second group of photoelectric conversion regions sharing the second floating diffusion region and that convert incident light into electric charges;
a first readout circuit coupled to the first and second floating diffusions and located at a first side and a first corner of the first group of photoelectric conversion regions; and
a second readout circuit coupled to the first and second floating diffusion regions,
wherein the second readout circuit includes a portion located at a second side and a second corner of the first group of photoelectric conversion regions such that the second readout circuit is between the first group of photoelectric conversion regions and the second group of photoelectric conversion regions,
wherein the second readout circuit is configured to control the first readout circuit, and
wherein the second side is opposite to the first side and the second corner is opposite to the first corner.