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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2009
Applicant:
Hideo Kanbe, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hideo Kanbe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state image capturing apparatus includes: a plurality of light sensing units; a plurality of vertical transfer registers including a transfer channel region and a plurality of vertical transfer electrodes; and a first channel stop region provided in parallel to the transfer channel region of the vertical transfer register. Among the vertical transfer electrodes, a vertical transfer electrode serving as a reading electrode is formed without overlapping the first channel stop region.