| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7605411 |
Charge transfer device and imaging apparatus |
October 20, 2009 |
| An HCCD includes a channel 21 that transfers electric charges in an X direction, a channel 25 that transfers the electric charges in a Z1 direction, a channel 23 that transfers the electric charges in a Z2 direction, and a channel 22 that connects the channels 23, 25 to the channel 2 |
| 7595517 |
Charge coupled device having diverged channel |
September 29, 2009 |
| A charge coupled device comprises a semiconductor substrate of one conductive type, a first charge couple device having a series of electrodes linearly arranged on the semiconductor substrate, a second charge coupled device diverged into tow lines at an end of the first charge couple |
| 7586133 |
Solid state imaging apparatus and driving method of solid state imaging apparatus |
September 8, 2009 |
| A solid state imaging apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate, photoelectric conversion elements, a vertical electric charge transferring device, a horizontal electric charge transferring device that temporarily stores the signal electric charges transferred from the vertical e |
| 7580073 |
Charge coupled device |
August 25, 2009 |
| A charge coupled device comprises: a semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type; a one-dimensional first charge coupled device including a plurality of continuous electrodes arranged in a one-dimensional array on the semiconductor substrate and a channel region formed below eac |
| 7573520 |
Solid state imaging apparatus and a driving method of the solid state imaging apparatus |
August 11, 2009 |
| A first voltage is impressed to a reading out electrode for reading out accumulated signal electric charges from photo electric conversion elements to transfer channels in a reading out period and at a same time during the reading out period a second voltage is imposed to at least one |
| 7564494 |
Solid-state imaging device and its driving method for preventing damage in dynamic range |
July 21, 2009 |
| A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate, a multiplicity of photo electric conversion elements, a vertical electric charge transfer device having a plurality of vertical electric charge transfer channels and transfer electrodes, reading out parts and a driv |
| 7554592 |
Solid-state imaging device and its driving method for preventing damage in dynamic range |
June 30, 2009 |
| A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate, a multiplicity of photo electric conversion elements, a vertical electric charge transfer device having a plurality of vertical electric charge transfer channels and transfer electrodes, reading out parts and a driv |
| 7446349 |
Two-branch outputting solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus |
November 4, 2008 |
| A two-branch outputting solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: two output amplifiers including a first output amplifier and a second output amplifier, each outputting a voltage signal in accordance with the signal charge transferred toward the output end through the cha |
| 7440018 |
Driving method of solid-state imaging apparatus and solid-state imaging apparatus |
October 21, 2008 |
| A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising: a semiconductor substrate defining a two-dimensional surface; a multiplicity of photo electric conversion elements arranged in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of lines in a light receiving region of the semiconductor substrate and each |
| 7274399 |
Solid-state image pickup apparatus reducing false signals and a solid-state image sensor for the |
September 25, 2007 |
| A solid-state image sensor for a solid-state image pickup apparatus includes photosensitive cells each having a photosensitive area divided into a main region and a subregion. The subregion is extended to include the position of a virtual pixel. A light-screening layer is formed with |
| 7271836 |
Solid state image pickup device capable of draining unnecessary charge and driving method thereo |
September 18, 2007 |
| A drain region is formed along a horizontal charge transfer channel constituting a horizontal charge transfer element, and a barrier region for charges is formed between the horizontal charge transfer channel and drain region. A two-electrode element is formed by using the horizontal |
| 7052929 |
Solid state image pickup device capable of suppressing smear |
May 30, 2006 |
| A driving method for a solid state image pickup device, having four or more transfer stages as one transfer unit, includes reading signal charge from the charge accumulation regions to the vertical charge transfer channels. The reading step includes (b-1) applying the barrier forming |
| 7050101 |
Solid state image pickup device capable of draining unnecessary charge and driving method thereo |
May 23, 2006 |
| A drain region is formed along a horizontal charge transfer channel constituting a horizontal charge transfer element, and a barrier region for charges is formed between the horizontal charge transfer channel and drain region. A two-electrode element is formed by using the horizontal |
| 6423959 |
Solid-state image pickup apparatus and its control method including a thinning readout mode and |
July 23, 2002 |
| A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes photoelectric converter elements arranged in an array on a two-dimensional plane, vertical charge transfer paths respectively fabricated adjacent the photoelectric converter elements, vertical charge transfer electrodes for transferring c |
