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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2008
Mamoru Arimoto, Ogaki, JP;
Hayato Nakashima, Anpachi-gun, JP;
Kaori Misawa, Kaizu, JP;
Ryu Shimizu, Mizuho, JP;
Mamoru Arimoto, Ogaki, JP;
Hayato Nakashima, Anpachi-gun, JP;
Kaori Misawa, Kaizu, JP;
Ryu Shimizu, Mizuho, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a charge storage portion for storing and transferring signal charges, a first electrode for forming an electric field storing the signal charges in the charge storage portion, a charge increasing portion for increasing the signal charges stored in the charge storage portion and a second electrode for forming another electric field increasing the signal charges in the charge increasing portion, wherein the quantity of the signal charges storable in the charge storage portion is not less than the quantity of the signal charges storable in the charge increasing portion.