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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Applicant:
Tetsuro Kumesawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuro Kumesawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid state imaging device in which γ characteristic is obtained and enlargement of dynamic range is provided. The solid state imaging device of the present invention includes a vertical overflow function and has a feature in which potential of a semiconductor substrate is changed from a high potential to a low potential in a stepwise manner during a period from an exposure start to an exposure end.