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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2006
Yoshiaki Kato, Shiga, JP;
Kazuya Yonemoto, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hasuka, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device, and a camera provided with this device, that can output high quality images at high speed are realized by preventing improper OB clamping in a solid-state imaging device that performs pixel mixing in the horizontal direction. Vertical final stages, which are the transfer stages closest to a horizontal transfer component, are provided with provided with independent transfer electrodes V-, V-, V-, V-, V-, and V-that are independent of other columns in a region between the horizontal transfer component and an effective pixel region, and a common transfer electrode that is common to all of the columns in the region between the horizontal transfer componentand the OB region. Further, in the vertical final stages, the entire region between the OB region and the horizontal transfer component, or the region minus openings formed for the wiring of V-and V-in the columns closest to the effective pixel region, is covered with a light blocking film.