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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2006
Yuji Matsuda, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Matsuda, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solid state imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements which are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix on a semiconductor chip; vertical transfer registers including a vertical transfer channel and vertical transfer electrodes, respectively, for transferring signal charge read out of the photoelectric conversion elements in the vertical direction; a horizontal transfer register including a horizontal transfer channel and horizontal transfer electrodes for transferring the signal charge transferred from the vertical transfer registers in the horizontal direction; bus interconnects which are electrically connected to the vertical transfer electrodes and the horizontal transfer electrodes; and pads for external connection which are electrically connected to the bus interconnects. The pads are formed above the bus interconnects and the horizontal transfer electrodes.