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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1984
Filed:
May. 20, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuo Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 44 ;
Abstract
According to the invention, a photosensor array having a plurality of photosensors are formed in horizontal and vertical rows on a semiconductor substrate. Vertical charge transfer electrodes are provided along the vertical rows of photosensors for transferring the charges generated in the photosensors along the vertical direction. Charge mixing means are provided, within the substrate, for mixing the charges generated by the photosensors in successive two horizontal rows of photosensors.