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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Hidenori Shibata, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a solid-state image pickup device adopting a progressive scanning system, a plurality of light-receiving sections are arranged in matrix, and signal charge transfer sections including a pair of horizontal transfer sections are provided so as to correspond to the light-receiving sections in each of rows. The signal charge transfer sections are selectively driven for each of the rows, and the signal charges of the odd-numbered light-receiving sections are transferred by one of the paired horizontal transfer sections, while those of the even-numbered light-receiving sections are transferred by the other horizontal transfer section. The device is thus constituted in such a manner that the signal charges of all the light-receiving sections are transferred in the horizontal direction using two horizontal transfer sections in each of the rows. Thus, smear characteristics can greatly be improved and low power consumption can easily be achieved.