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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Shigetoshi Sugawa, Miyagi, JP;
Nana Akahane, Miyagi, JP;
Satoru Adachi, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tohoku University, Sendai-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 29/04 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/15 (2006.01); H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01); H01L 31/101 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels stored in one-dimensional or two-dimensional array, each of the plurality of pixels including a photodiode receiving light and producing photocharges, an overflow gate coupled to the photodiode and transferring photocharges that overflow the photodiode during a storage operation, and a storage capacitor element that stores the photocharges transferred by the overflow gate during the storage operation.