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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Oike, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Yamakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuhiro Yamamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Machida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasunori Sogoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Saka, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device including a photoelectric conversion element operable to generate electric charge according to the amount of incident light and to accumulate the electric charge in the inside thereof, an electric-charge holding region in which the electric charge generated through photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion element is held until read out, and a transfer gate having a complete transfer path through which the electric charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element is completely transferred into the electric-charge holding region, and an intermediate transfer path through which the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element during an exposure period and being in excess of a predetermined charge amount is transferred into the electric-charge holding region. The complete transfer path and the intermediate transfer path are formed in different regions.