Patent ID: 9491387
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H01L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image-capturing device including a solid-state image-capturing device in which a first substrate and a second substrate are electrically connected through connection units, the image-capturing device comprising: a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels, each of which has a photoelectric conversion element for generating a photoelectric conversion signal according to an intensity of incident light disposed on the first substrate, are disposed in a two-dimensional matrix and configured to output a photoelectric conversion signal generated by each of the pixels as a pixel signal for every row; a plurality of signal processing units, each of which is disposed for every one or more columns of the plurality of pixels provided in the pixel unit, performs predetermined signal processing on the pixel signal output from the pixel of a corresponding column, and outputs a processed signal including a plurality of signals after the signal processing is performed; a plurality of signal output lines configured to transfer each signal of the processed signal output by the signal processing unit corresponding to the pixel of the column from which an output operation is performed within a plurality of processed signals output by the plurality of signal processing units; and a plurality of signal output units configured to perform the output operation after compensating for the strength of each signal of the processed signal transferred through each of the plurality of signal output lines, wherein at least each of components for outputting each signal of the processed signal provided in each of the signal processing units to the corresponding signal output line and each of the signal output lines are disposed on either of the first substrate and the second substrate, the signal output unit is disposed on either of the first substrate and the second substrate in which each of the components provided in the signal processing unit and each of the signal output lines are not disposed, the signal output line and the signal output unit are connected through one corresponding connection unit, and each of the connection units is disposed at a position at which a distance from the signal processing unit corresponding to the column of the pixel disposed on a farthest end in the pixel unit to the connection unit is shorter than a distance between two signal processing units corresponding to the columns of the pixels disposed on two ends of the pixel unit.