Sony patent application US20150129943 "Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus" by Nanako Kato and Toshifumi Wakano, presents a stacked global shutter pixel where the storage diode is shielded from the backside illumination:
Sony's idea looks quite similar to the one presented by Apple in US20150035028 application:
Sony stacked GS pixel |
Sony's idea looks quite similar to the one presented by Apple in US20150035028 application:
Apple stacked GS pixel |