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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 24 ; 357 30 ;
Abstract
An image sensor using a charge sweep device as a vertical transfer device (3) and comprising a plurality of pixels (10) each of which is formed of a single photo-electro transforming element (1) and a single transfer gate (4) for transferring a signal charge from the photo-electro transforming element into the charge sweep device (3), wherein the width of the transfer gate (4) is equal to or larger than that of the photo-electro transforming element in the direction of charge transfer in the charge sweep device (3).