Patent ID: 8390708
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid state image pickup device comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion unit for generating electronic carriers based on an incident light; a transfer unit for transferring the electronic carriers; a floating diffusion region for holding the electronic carriers transferred by the transfer unit; a carrier holding unit for accumulating the electronic carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion unit; and an output unit for outputting a signal corresponding to the electronic carriers held in the floating diffusion region, wherein the carrier holding unit in a first pixel of the plurality of pixels is provided between a photoelectric conversion unit included in the first pixel and a photoelectric conversion unit included in a second pixel of the plurality of pixels, the second pixel being adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, wherein the output unit in the first pixel is provided between the photoelectric conversion unit included in the first pixel and a photoelectric conversion unit included in a third pixel of the plurality of pixels, the third pixel being adjacent to the first pixel in a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein the electric carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion unit are held by the carrier holding unit, the electronic carriers held by the carrier holding unit are then held by the floating diffusion region, and a signal based on the electronic carriers held by the floating diffusion region is outputted through the output unit.