Patent ID: 9066029
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image pickup device comprising: a plurality of substrates on which circuit elements constituting a pixel are arranged, the plurality of substrates being electrically coupled to one another; a photoelectric conversion element included in the pixel; a reading circuit configured to read from the pixel, a signal based on a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element; first to n-th circuit sets each comprising a circuit element configured to read a signal by a corresponding one of first to n-th reading modes; and a control circuit configured to control the circuit elements arranged on one of the plurality of substrates so as to solely complete operations from generation of the signal by the photoelectric conversion element to reading of the signal outward the solid-state image pickup device, in at least one of the first to n-th reading modes, wherein n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and the photoelectric conversion element, the reading circuit, and at least one of the first to n-th circuit sets which corresponds to the at least one of the first to n-th reading modes, are arranged on the one of the plurality of substrates.