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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Shinji Yamamoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiya Fujii, Otsu, JP;
Kazuyuki Inokuma, Yawata, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hasuka, Sakai, JP;
Ryoichi Nagayoshi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Keijirou Itakura, Ibaraki, JP;
Izumi Shimizu, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Shinji Yamamoto, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiya Fujii, Otsu, JP;
Kazuyuki Inokuma, Yawata, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hasuka, Sakai, JP;
Ryoichi Nagayoshi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Keijirou Itakura, Ibaraki, JP;
Izumi Shimizu, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drive unitsets a saturation amount in a read period in which charges generated in pixels are read to vertical CCDs to be lower in a combination mode than in an individual mode (see Vsub in count valuestoin FIG.). As a result, excess charges in the pixels are drained to an n-type substrate. The drive unitalso sets an accumulation period to be shorter in combination mode than in individual mode (see Vsub in each mode in FIG.).