Patent ID: 9666626
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup device comprising: a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate which is stacked on the first semiconductor substrate; a pixel section including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, wherein the pixel section is formed on an area of the first semiconductor substrate; a plurality of column signal lines which have signals output thereto from the plurality of pixels of the pixel section; a plurality of column circuits, each of which is respectively connected to one of the plurality of column signal lines and configured to perform predetermined processing on the signals output from the column signal lines, wherein each of the plurality of column circuits includes an AD converter; and a plurality of column memories each of which is respectively connected to one of the plurality of column circuits and which store digital signals output from the AD converter, wherein the plurality of column circuits and the plurality of column memories are formed on an area of the second semiconductor substrate, wherein at least two column circuits and at least two column memories adjacent to each other, among the plurality of column circuits and the plurality of column memories, are arranged at different locations on the second substrate with an offset in at least a column direction.