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Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Hirohisa Ohtsuki, Hyogo, JP;

Ryohei Miyagawa, Kyoto, JP;

Motonari Katsuno, Kyoto, JP;

Mikiya Uchida, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Hirohisa Ohtsuki, Hyogo, JP;

Ryohei Miyagawa, Kyoto, JP;

Motonari Katsuno, Kyoto, JP;

Mikiya Uchida, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a MOS-type solid-state imaging devicein pixelstoin which lines in an upper layer (charge transfer linesto) are formed in shifted positions located toward a center Lof an image area, each two oppositely disposed pixels with the center Lof the image area sandwiched therebetween, such as a pixeland a pixelhave the following relation. In each of the pixelsandpower supply linesandvertical signal linesandand charge transfer linesandrelating to each of the pixelsandare arranged symmetrically with respect to an imaginary plane extending from the center Lof a sensorin a direction orthogonal to the drawing page in an X-axis direction.


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