Patent ID: 11923387
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging device, comprising:
a photoelectric converter that is disposed in a semiconductor layer and that generates electric charges corresponding to a received light amount;
a single transfer destination; and
a transfer section that includes a first trench gate and a second trench gate disposed in the semiconductor layer and that is configured to transfer the electric charges from the photoelectric converter to the single transfer destination,
wherein the first trench gate has a first length in a depth direction of the semiconductor layer and the second trench gate has a second length in a depth direction of the semiconductor layer,
wherein the second length is shorter than the first length, and
wherein the first trench gate and the second trench gate are configured to be driven independently of each other.