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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Takashi Terada, Kumamoto, JP;
Keisuke Hatano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Terada, Kumamoto, JP;
Keisuke Hatano, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device of the type having photoelectric conversion elements formed in a matrix pattern on a semiconductor substrate, vertical transfer elements each of which reads signal charges from the photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the column direction and transfers the signal charges in the vertical direction, and a horizontal transfer element which transfers in the horizontal direction the signal charges sent from each of the vertical transfer elements, the horizontal transfer element includes: a charge transfer channel; a first transfer electrode; a second transfer electrode; and an interelectrode insulating film; with the first transfer electrode and the second transfer electrode being at the same potential.