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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/32 (2006.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14663 (2013.01); H04N 5/32 (2013.01); H04N 5/359 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device comprises a photodetecting section, an unnecessary carrier capture section, and a vertical shift register. The unnecessary carrier capture section has carrier capture regions arranged in a region between the photodetecting section and the vertical shift register for respective rows. Each of the carrier capture regions includes a transistor and a photodiode. The transistor has one terminal connected to the photodiode and the other terminal connected to a charge elimination line. The charge elimination line is short-circuited to a reference potential line.