Patent ID: 9153616
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device in which first and second substrates are electrically connected to each other via a connector, the solid-state imaging device comprising: pixels include photoelectric conversion elements and read circuits that each read a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion elements; signal processing circuits each include elements or circuits that perform signal processing on pixel signals outputted from the pixels; and an output circuit that receives signals outputted from the signal processing circuits and outputs the received signals as an output signal of the solid-state imaging device, wherein the photoelectric conversion elements of the pixels are disposed in the first substrate, wherein the read circuits of the pixels are disposed in the second substrate and read the signals generated by the photoelectric conversion elements and transmitted via the connector, and wherein, in each signal processing circuit, some of the elements or the circuits included in the signal processing circuit are disposed in the first substrate, rest of the elements or the circuits included in the signal processing circuit are disposed in the second substrate, and the elements or the circuits disposed in the first substrate are electrically connected to the elements or the circuits disposed in the second substrate via the connector.