Patent ID: 11936994
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An imaging device comprising:
a pixel array including a first pixel set, a second pixel set, a third pixel set, and a fourth pixel set, and
at least one control circuit configured to drive the pixel array;
the first pixel set including:
first through sixteenth pixels arranged in a first four-by-four matrix in a plan view, each of the first through sixteenth pixels including two photoelectric conversion parts, and
a first charge holding part coupled to the two photoelectric conversion parts of at least four pixels of the first through sixteenth pixels in the first pixel set;
the second pixel set including:
seventeenth through thirty-second pixels arranged in a second four-by-four matrix in the plan view, each of the seventeenth through thirty-second pixels including two photoelectric conversion parts, and
a second charge holding part coupled to the two photoelectric conversion parts of at least four pixels of the seventeenth through thirty-second pixels in the second pixel set;
the third pixel set including:
thirty-third through forty-eighth pixels arranged in a third four-by-four matrix in the plan view, each of the thirty-third through forty-eighth pixels including two photoelectric conversion parts, and
a third charge holding part coupled to the two photoelectric conversion parts of at least four pixels of the thirty-third through forty-eighth pixels in the third pixel set; and
the fourth pixel set including:
forty-ninth through sixty-fourth pixels arranged in a fourth four-by-four matrix in the plan view, each of the forty-ninth through sixty-fourth pixels including two photoelectric conversion parts, and
a fourth charge holding part coupled to the two photoelectric conversion parts of at least four pixels of the forty-ninth through sixty-fourth pixels in the fourth pixel set;
wherein
the first, second, third, and fourth pixel sets are arranged in a two-by-two array in the plan view,
the first and fourth pixel sets are configured to produce pixel signals corresponding to light in a first range of wavelengths,
the second pixel set is configured to produce pixel signals corresponding to light in a second range of wavelengths different than the first range of wavelengths, and
the third pixel set is configured to produce pixel signals corresponding to light in a third range of wavelengths different than the first and second range of wavelengths.