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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Hirokazu Sekine, Fujisawa, JP;
Nagataka Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Sekine, Fujisawa, JP;
Nagataka Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device comprises pixels and output circuits. The pixels are arranged two-dimensionally with a vertical and a horizontal, with pixels vertically adjacent to each other forming a pair. The output circuits are provided so as to extend from the spacing part of a pair of pixels vertically adjacent to each other to the spacing part of a pair of pixels horizontally adjacent to the pair of pixels. The output circuits output information corresponding to the signal charge read from a selected one of the pair of pixels. A unit cell is composed of a pair of pixels vertically adjacent to each other and an output circuit corresponding to the pair of pixels. Such unit cells are arranged in a checkered pattern. One of the pair of pixels in a unit cell diagonally adjacent to the pair of pixels is arranged in the same horizontal line.