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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
May. 26, 1993
Hiromasa Funakoshi, Hirakata, JP;
Takahiro Yamada, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electric charge detecting apparatus comprising vertical CCD, horizontal CCD and floating diffusion amplifier comprised of floating diffusion layer and source follower amplifier comprising a MOS transistor wherein a buffer electrode is arranged at one end of a gate electrode of the MOS transistor, the gate electrode is formed within an active region of the MOS transistor, a contact hole is provided for connecting a polysilicon layer arranged on a charge-voltage transformer and the source follow or plural P wells are formed and one of them is arranged under a wiring connecting the charge-voltage transformer and the source follower and connected to a source of a drive transistor. Said electric charge detecting apparatus further comprising, P.sup.+ region arranged under a field oxide film on which an output signal wiring from the source follower is electrically isolated from another P.sup.+ region or no P.sup.+ regions are provided under the field oxide film.