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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Watanabe, Soraku-gun, JP;
Hiroaki Kudo, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348294 ; 348311 ; 257291 ;
Abstract
In the active type solid-state imaging device of the present invention, the image sensor portion and the driving circuit portion which drives the image sensor portion or conducts signal processing are formed in separate semiconductor regions in the identical semiconductor substrate.