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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Masahiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Shiraishi, Fukuoka, JP;
Norihiko Yoshimura, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Shiraishi, Fukuoka, JP;
Norihiko Yoshimura, Fukuoka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid state imaging device including a plurality of photo diodes disposed in a matrix shape, a vertical transfer unit disposed along each vertical column of the photo diodes, and a horizontal transfer unit in which a predetermined number, two or more, of adjacent vertical transfer units are used as one group to correspond to a unit transfer bit, wherein at least one charge transfer unit corresponding to each group of the vertical transfer unit is provided for each group.