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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masafumi Kimata, Amagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 348303 ;
Abstract
A solid state image sensor of charge sweep architecture comprises photodetectors in two-dimension, vertical charge transfer elements and a horizontal charge transfer element. A driver circuit for the vertical charge transfer elements mounted in the solid state image sensor comprises a circuit for setting initial states of shift registers and a circulation loop line connecting an output of the shift register at the last stage to an input of the shift register at a first stage. Thus, a lower consumption power and high efficiency charge transfer are provided in the solid state image sensor.