Patent ID: 8441558
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid state image pickup device comprising a plurality of pixel units, each one of the plurality of pixel units including: an amplifying unit including an input portion; a first photoelectric conversion region; a second photoelectric conversion region; a first carrier accumulating unit including a first semiconductor region; a second carrier accumulating unit including a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region for accumulating carriers from the first photoelectric conversion region; and a fourth semiconductor region for accumulating carriers from the second photoelectric conversion region, wherein the amplifying unit is arranged between a first region in which the first photoelectric conversion region, the first semiconductor region, and the third semiconductor region are arranged, and a second region in which the second photoelectric conversion region, the second semiconductor region, and the fourth semiconductor region are arranged, and wherein the third semiconductor region, the fourth semiconductor region and the input portion are connected by a wiring.