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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Hisanori Suzuki, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Yasuhito Yoneta, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Shin-ichiro Takagi, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Kentaro Maeta, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Masaharu Muramatsu, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Hisanori Suzuki, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Yasuhito Yoneta, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Shin-ichiro Takagi, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Kentaro Maeta, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Masaharu Muramatsu, Hamamatsu-shi, 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, a plurality of output register unitstothat receive the charge from the imaging area, and a plurality of multiplication register unitstothat multiply charges from the output registersto, respectively, and the multiplication register unitstoare different in the number of multiplication stages from each other.