Patent ID: 6906332

Claim:
An image sensor comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit for processing signals from the photoelectric converter and outputting processed signals to an output line; and a scanning circuit, disposed between the photoelectric converters, included in each of at least two adjacent pixels among a plurality of pixels aligned in a single direction, an edge pixel of the plurality of pixels accommodating, in order from an edge of the image sensor toward an interior of the image sensor, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit, the plurality of pixels having at least one position at which two pixels are disposed adjacent to each other, a first of the two pixels accommodating, in order, a pixel circuit, a photoelectric converter and predetermined empty region, a second of the two pixels accommodating, in order, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit, the scanning circuit being disposed in the predetermined empty region between the two pixels disposed adjacent to each other.