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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Hisanori Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasuhito Yoneta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shin-ichiro Takagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kentaro Maeta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaharu Muramatsu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hisanori Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasuhito Yoneta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shin-ichiro Takagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kentaro Maeta, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaharu Muramatsu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging deviceaccording to one embodiment of the present invention is a charge multiplying solid-state imaging device, and includes an imaging areathat generates a charge according to the amount of incident light, an output register unitthat receives the charge from the imaging area, a multiplication register unitthat multiplies the charge from the output register, and at least one charge dispersion meansthat disperses the charge input to the multiplication register unitin a width direction perpendicular to a transfer direction.