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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1992
Kozo Orihara, Tokyo, JP;
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The solid state, image pickup device of the present invention includes a set of vertical registers. Each of the vertical registers includes a transfer channel and a group of transfer electrodes driven by a vertical driving pulse and formed by crossing the transfer channel, and the group of transfer electrodes includes at least one first transfer electrode and at least one second transfer electrode. Each of the vertical registers includes first contacts which electrically connect the group of transfer electrodes to the intermediate layer of polysilicon and second contacts which electrically connect the intermediate layer of polysilicon to the aluminum wiring layer. The first contacts and the second contacts are respectively formed over the group of transfer electrodes.