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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Tetsuya Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshige Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshige Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image sensing device including an image sensing region in which a matrix of unit pixels, each including a photodiode in a surface portion of a semiconductor substrate, is provided; a read transistor connected between a respective photodiode and a detection node; an amplifying transistor connected to the detection node so as to amplify the signal charge output to the detection node and to output a pixel signal to a signal output line reading out the pixel signal output; a reset transistor connected to the detection node and to a discharge node; and an address transistor connected to a source of the amplifying transistor for selecting an address of the photodiode when an address signal is supplied to a gate.