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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Takashi Morimoto, Suita, JP;
Tomokazu Kakumoto, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Morimoto, Suita, JP;
Tomokazu Kakumoto, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a solid-state image-sensing device, by global shuttering, whereby image sensing is performed simultaneously in all the pixels, a potential commensurate with the amount of light incident on a buried diode PD is held in an N-type floating diffusion region FD. Then a noise signal is outputted, and then the potential held in the N-type floating diffusion region FD is transferred to an N-type floating diffusion region FDso that an image signal is outputted.