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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hisanori Miura, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348311 ; 348294 ; 348297 ; 348303 ; 348304 ; 348316 ; 257232 ; 257233 ; 257243 ; 257246 ;
Abstract
A CCD linear sensor. A photosensor row has photosensitive regions. Read-out gate electrodes and shift registers are formed on opposite sides of the photosensor row. A channel separating region is formed along the center of the photosensor row for separating each of the photosensitive region into two photosensitive portions. Charges accumulated in the photosensitive portions are read-out dividedly in both directions through the read-out gate electrodes to the shift registers. In the CCD linear sensor, the length of charge transfer path is reduced, therefore, charge reading-out time can be reduced.