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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1993
Keijirou Itakura, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshihide Nobusada, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuyuki Toyoda, Minou, JP;
Yukio Saitoh, Uji, JP;
Noboru Kokusenya, Osaka, JP;
Ryouichi Nagayoshi, Koube, JP;
Hironori Tanaka, Takatsuki, JP;
Masayoshi Ozaki, Amagasaki, JP;
Matsushita Electronics Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The solid state image sensor of the invention comprises a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in a matrix form, a vertical shift register disposed adjacent each column of the photosensitive elements and adapted to vertically transfer signal charges read from the corresponding photosensitive elements, a storage region for storing signal charges transferred by the vertical shift register and a horizontal shift register adapted to horizontally transfer signal charges read from the storage region, the above vertical shift register comprising units of 2n (n is a positive integer of not less than 3) transfer electrodes which are respectively independent.