IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

摘要

In an image pickup element, a plurality of unit pixels constituted by one micro lens and a photodiode arranged underneath the micro lens are arranged in rows and columns. The image pickup element includes first unit pixels in which a plurality of photodiodes are arranged underneath one micro lens, second unit pixels different from the first unit pixels, m first output lines per column from which signals of the first unit pixels are output, and n second output lines per column from which signals of the second unit pixels are output.

主权项

1. An image pickup element comprising:
a pixel array in which a plurality of first unit pixels each including M photoelectric conversion units (M is a natural number higher than or equal to 2) and a plurality of second unit pixels each including N photoelectric conversion units (N is a natural number lower than M) are arranged in rows and columns; a first column output line arranged for each column of the pixel array from which signals of the first unit pixels are output; and a second column output line that is different from the first column output line and arranged for each column of the pixel array from which signals of the second unit pixels are output, wherein the number of the second column output lines per column is lower than the number of the first column output lines per column.