US 9,812,491 B2 | ||
Imaging device | ||
Tokuhiko Tamaki, Osaka (JP); and Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Osaka (JP) | ||
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP) | ||
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP) | ||
Filed on Feb. 24, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/441,308. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2016-047452 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2016. | ||
Prior Publication US 2017/0263669 A1, Sep. 14, 2017 | ||
Int. Cl. H01L 31/113 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01) |
CPC H01L 27/14665 (2013.01) [H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H04N 5/355 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. An imaging device comprising:
a first pixel cell comprising:
a first photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a first photoelectric
conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;
a first field effect transistor having a first gate and a first channel region, the first gate being connected to the first
electrode; and
a first node between the first photoelectric converter and the first field effect transistor, and
a second pixel cell comprising:
a second photoelectric converter including a third electrode, a fourth electrode facing the third electrode, and a second
photoelectric conversion layer between the third electrode and the fourth electrode;
a second field effect transistor having a second gate and a second channel region, the second gate being connected to the
third electrode, and
a second node between the first photoelectric converter and the second field effect transistor, wherein
the first field effect transistor outputs a first electric signal corresponding to change in dielectric constant between the
first electrode and the second electrode, the change being caused by incident light on the first photoelectric conversion
layer,
the second field effect transistor outputs a second electric signal corresponding to change in dielectric constant between
the third electrode and the fourth electrode, the change being caused by incident light on the second photoelectric conversion
layer, and
Cpd1, Cn1, Cpd2 and Cn2 satisfy a relation of Cpd1/Cn1<Cpd2/Cn2 where a value of capacitance of the first photoelectric converter in a state of receiving no incident light is represented
as Cpd1, a value of capacitance between the first node and the first channel region is represented as Cn1, a value of capacitance of the second photoelectric converter in a state of receiving no incident light is represented as
Cpd2, and a value of capacitance between the second node and the second channel region is represented as Cn2.
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