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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid state image pickup device of an interline system. The device includes a plurality of photosensors, which are arranged in a matrix form, which receive light transmitted through a plurality of color filters, and which are repeated in the vertical direction at a period of “N” pixels. A vertical transfer unit is provided for transferring charges read out from the plurality of photosensors. A horizontal transfer unit is coupled to the vertical transfer unit, and is used to horizontally transfer the charges transferred by the vertical transfer unit. Charges are passed to the vertical transfer unit by a first signal supplying unit and a second signal supplying unit. At least one of the signal supplying units is made up of “m” first photosensor groups arranged in the vertical direction and second photosensor groups numbering “a” times as large as the pixel period “N” and which are also arranged in the vertical direction. The first photosensor groups and second photosensor groups are alternately arranged in the vertical direction.