Patent ID: 9635293
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising; a photoelectric converting section provided so as to extend along a first direction and configured to generate an electric charge in response to incidence of light; a transfer section configured to transfer the electric charge generated in the photoelectric converting section, in the first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction in response to three-phase or four-phase drive signals; a first buffer section disposed corresponding to the photoelectric converting section and configured to acquire the electric charge transferred in the first direction from the photoelectric converting section by the transfer section and transfer the acquired electric charge in the first direction in response to two-phase drive signals; a second buffer section disposed corresponding to the photoelectric converting section and configured to acquire the electric charge transferred in the second direction from the photoelectric converting section by the transfer section and transfer the acquired electric charge in the second direction in response to two-phase drive signals; a first output section disposed corresponding to the first buffer section and configured to acquire the electric charge transferred from the first buffer section and output a signal according to the acquired electric charge; a second output section disposed corresponding to the second buffer section and configured to acquire the electric charge transferred from the second buffer section and output a signal according to the acquired electric charge; the photoelectric converting section and the first buffer section are adjacent to each other in the first direction; the first buffer section and the first output section are adjacent to each other in the first direction; the first buffer section transfers the acquired electric charge to the first output section in the first direction; the photoelectric converting section and the second buffer section are adjacent to each other in the second direction; the second buffer section and the second output section are adjacent to each other in the second direction; and the second buffer section transfers the acquired electric charge to the second output section in the second direction.