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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshinori Kuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 ;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a sensor portion for accumulating a signal charge produced by photoelectric conversion, a charge transfer register for transferring the signal charge, a charge/voltage converting portion connected to the charge transfer register, and a means for carrying out a shutter operation for discharging the charge accumulated by the sensor portion in synchronization with a signal charge reset period of the charge/voltage converting portion.