Patent ID: 9224771
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels each including a signal holding unit in an electrical pathway between an output node of the photoelectric conversion unit and an input node of the amplification element, in which signals for performing the phase difference detection type of focal point detection are held; a first control electrode configured to transfer a signal of the photoelectric conversion unit to the signal holding unit; a second control electrode configured to transfer a signal for performing the phase difference detection type of focal point detection held in the signal holding unit to the input node of the amplification element; and a lens array that includes a plurality of microlenses; wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, in which each of the plurality of microlenses condenses light into the plurality of photoelectric conversion units in each pixel, and wherein the potential generated between the plurality of photoelectric conversion units that are adjacent to each other and in the same pixel is lower than the potential generated between the plurality of photoelectric conversion units that are adjacent and in different pixels.