Patent ID: 9531975
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H01L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging device, comprising: a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including photoelectric conversion regions, transfer transistors, a floating diffusion region, an amplification transistor, and a select transistor, wherein each of the transfer transistors includes a gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode has a first side facing at least one of the photoelectric conversion regions, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, wherein the second side extends parallel to a row direction, wherein the third side extends parallel to a column direction, wherein at least a part of the fourth side faces the floating diffusion region, wherein the first side extends along a first direction different from the row direction and the column direction, wherein a total length of the second side in addition to the third side and in addition to the fourth side is longer than a total length of the first side, wherein the photoelectric conversion regions and the transfer transistors share the floating diffusion region, the amplification transistor, and the select transistor, and wherein the amplification transistor and the select transistor are not arranged between photoelectric conversion regions that share the amplification transistor and the select transistor.