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Solid state imaging device and method of driving the same
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1991-07-03
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Granted: 1992-09-15
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Expires: 2011-07-03
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a solid-state imaging device comprising: a column direction transfer section arranged in parallel to photosensitive element trains, and capable of transferring, in column directions opposite to each other, signal charges produced in photosensitive elements; row direction transfer sections arranged on the both end sides of the column direction transfer section, respectively, and at least one transfer order conversion section provided between the row direction transfer section on one side and the column direction transfer section. In this solid-state imaging device, there is employed a scheme such that the transfer direction of the transfer in a column direction (first field transfer) of signal charges produced from photosensitive pixels of the odd rows and the transfer direction of the transfer in a column direction (second field transfer) of signal charges produced from photosensitive pixels of the odd rows are caused to be opposite to each other, and that the transfer order is reversed by the transfer order conversion section on one side to output signal charges in a reversed transfer order. Transfer between row direction transfer devices is therefore not required.
Inventors
- 👤 Tetsuo Yamada
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-08 02:35
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10F; H10F39/00; H10F39/80; H01; H01G; H01G9/00; H01G9/20; H04; H04N; H04N25/00; H04N25/70; H04N25/71; H04N25/713; H04N25/715; H10F39/10; H10F39/12; H10F39/15; H10F39/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
277 words
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a photosensitive unit comprised of a plurality of photosensitive element trains arranged in a row direction, each of said photosensitive element trains comprising a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in a column direction with two pixels constituting one line of an image being as a unit, column direction charge transfer means arranged adjacent to said respective photosensitive element trains, and adapted to receive signal charges produced at photosensitive pixels corresponding one pixel and the other pixel of said two pixels constituting one line to transfer them in first and second column directions opposite to each other, respectively, first row direction charge transfer means provided at one side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in a row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to one pixel of said two pixels constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, second row direction charge transfer means provided at the other side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in said row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to the other pixel of said two pixels, constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, and transfer order conversion means for reversing the transfer order in a column direction of a signal charge train transferred by said column direction charge transfer means into one of an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said first row direction charge transfer means and an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said second row direction charge transfer means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
277 words
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a photosensitive unit comprised of a plurality of photosensitive element trains arranged in a row direction, each of said photosensitive element trains comprising a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in a column direction with two pixels constituting one line of an image being as a unit, column direction charge transfer means arranged adjacent to said respective photosensitive element trains, and adapted to receive signal charges produced at photosensitive pixels corresponding one pixel and the other pixel of said two pixels constituting one line to transfer them in first and second column directions opposite to each other, respectively, first row direction charge transfer means provided at one side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in a row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to one pixel of said two pixels constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, second row direction charge transfer means provided at the other side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in said row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to the other pixel of said two pixels, constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, and transfer order conversion means for reversing the transfer order in a column direction of a signal charge train transferred by said column direction charge transfer means into one of an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said first row direction charge transfer means and an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said second row direction charge transfer means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A solid-state imaging device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said transfer order conversion means constitutes a cyclic transfer path comprised of transfer stages connected in a loop form.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
294 words
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a photosensitive unit comprised of a plurality of photosensitive element trains arranged in a row direction, each of said photosensitive element trains comprising a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in a column direction with two pixels constituting one line of an image being as a unit, column direction charge transfer means arranged adjacent to said respective photosensitive element trains, and adapted to receive signal charges produced at photosensitive pixels corresponding to one pixel and the other pixel of said two pixels constituting one line to transfer them in first and second column directions opposite to each other, respectively, first row direction charge transfer means provided at one side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in a row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to one pixel of said two pixels constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, second row direction charge transfer means provided at the other side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in said row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to the other pixel of said two pixels constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, and first and second storage means for temporarily storing signal charges transferred by said column direction charge transfer means into an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said first row direction charge transfer means and an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said second row direction charge transfer means, one of said first and second storage means serving as transfer order conversion means for reversing the transfer order in a column direction of signal trains.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
294 words
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a photosensitive unit comprised of a plurality of photosensitive element trains arranged in a row direction, each of said photosensitive element trains comprising a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in a column direction with two pixels constituting one line of an image being as a unit, column direction charge transfer means arranged adjacent to said respective photosensitive element trains, and adapted to receive signal charges produced at photosensitive pixels corresponding to one pixel and the other pixel of said two pixels constituting one line to transfer them in first and second column directions opposite to each other, respectively, first row direction charge transfer means provided at one side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in a row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to one pixel of said two pixels constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, second row direction charge transfer means provided at the other side transfer end position of said column direction charge transfer means, and for transferring, in said row direction, signal charges produced at the photosensitive element corresponding to the other pixel of said two pixels constituting one line transferred by said column direction charge transfer means, and first and second storage means for temporarily storing signal charges transferred by said column direction charge transfer means into an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said first row direction charge transfer means and an intermediate region between said column direction charge transfer means and said second row direction charge transfer means, one of said first and second storage means serving as transfer order conversion means for reversing the transfer order in a column direction of signal trains.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A solid-state imaging device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said transfer order conversion means constitutes a cyclic transfer path comprised of transfer stages connected in a loop form.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A solid-state imaging device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the other of said first and second storage means is storage means of the unidirectional transfer type.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A solid-state imaging device as set forth in claim 3, wherein said first and second storage means are both formed as a cyclic transfer path comprised of transfer stages connected in a loop form.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
214 words
A method of driving a solid,-state imaging device comprising the steps of: transporting, to a column direction charge transfer section, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to one of the odd row and the even row of photosensitive elements in a matrix form, transferring signal charges in a first column direction by driving said column direction charge transfer section to allow transfer order conversion means provided adjacently to the end portion of said column direction charge transfer section to store them thereinto, transporting, to said column direction charge transfer section, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in said adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to the other of the odd row and the even row, transferring signal charges in a second column direction opposite to said first column direction by driving said column transfer section, and transporting and transferring, to a second row direction charge transfer section, by one row, signal charges transferred in said second column direction by said column direction charge transfer section, and transporting and transferring signal charges stored in said transfer order conversion means to a first row direction transfer section by one row in synchronism with the above-mentioned transporting and transferring operation, to thus simultaneously read out signal charges in adjacent pixels.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
214 words
A method of driving a solid,-state imaging device comprising the steps of: transporting, to a column direction charge transfer section, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to one of the odd row and the even row of photosensitive elements in a matrix form, transferring signal charges in a first column direction by driving said column direction charge transfer section to allow transfer order conversion means provided adjacently to the end portion of said column direction charge transfer section to store them thereinto, transporting, to said column direction charge transfer section, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in said adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to the other of the odd row and the even row, transferring signal charges in a second column direction opposite to said first column direction by driving said column transfer section, and transporting and transferring, to a second row direction charge transfer section, by one row, signal charges transferred in said second column direction by said column direction charge transfer section, and transporting and transferring signal charges stored in said transfer order conversion means to a first row direction transfer section by one row in synchronism with the above-mentioned transporting and transferring operation, to thus simultaneously read out signal charges in adjacent pixels.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method of driving a solid-state imaging device as set forth in claim 7, wherein column direction transfer of signal charges carried out by driving said column direction charge transfer section is conducted for a time period during which no signal readout is carried out.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
217 words
A method of driving a slid-state imaging device comprising the steps of: transporting, to a column direction charge transfer section, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to one of the odd row and the even row of photosensitive elements in a matrix form, transferring signal charges in a first column direction by driving said column direction charge transfer section to allow first charge storage means provided adjacently to one end portion of said column direction charge transfer section to store them thereinto, transporting, to said column direction charge transfer device, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in said adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to the other of the odd row and the even row, transferring signal charges in a second column direction opposite to said first column direction by driving said column direction charge transfer section to allow second charge storage means provided adjacently to the other end portion of said column direction charge transfer section to store them thereinto, and taking out signal charges from one of said first and second charge storage means in order of transfer and from the other thereof in an order opposite to the above to carry out transfer in a row direction, to thus simultaneously read out signal charges in adjacent pixels.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
217 words
A method of driving a slid-state imaging device comprising the steps of: transporting, to a column direction charge transfer section, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to one of the odd row and the even row of photosensitive elements in a matrix form, transferring signal charges in a first column direction by driving said column direction charge transfer section to allow first charge storage means provided adjacently to one end portion of said column direction charge transfer section to store them thereinto, transporting, to said column direction charge transfer device, signal charges stored for a predetermined time period in said adjacent photosensitive elements belonging to the other of the odd row and the even row, transferring signal charges in a second column direction opposite to said first column direction by driving said column direction charge transfer section to allow second charge storage means provided adjacently to the other end portion of said column direction charge transfer section to store them thereinto, and taking out signal charges from one of said first and second charge storage means in order of transfer and from the other thereof in an order opposite to the above to carry out transfer in a row direction, to thus simultaneously read out signal charges in adjacent pixels.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
38 words
A method of driving a solid-state imaging device, wherein transfer in a column direction carried out by driving said column direction charge transfer section is conducted for a time period during which no signal readout is carried out.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
38 words
A method of driving a solid-state imaging device, wherein transfer in a column direction carried out by driving said column direction charge transfer section is conducted for a time period during which no signal readout is carried out.
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