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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Tetsuo Yamada, Miyagi, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuo Yamada, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Minami-Ashigara, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a CCD image sensor, a CCD line memory is disposed between each vertical charge transfer device and a horizontal charge transfer device to selectively transfer charges from each vertical charge transfer device to the horizontal charge transfer device. A discharge drain is disposed along the horizontal charge transfer device to selectively discharge charges from vertical charge transfer devices via the horizontal charge transfer device to the discharge drain. Therefore, image data in which the numbers respectively of the vertical and horizontal pixels are reduced can be generated.