Patent ID: 7551217
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image sensing device comprising: photo-sensitive cells arranged in a bidimensional array for converting incident light to corresponding signal charges; a plurality of vertical transfer paths for transferring the signal charges read out from the photo-sensitive cells in a vertical direction; and a horizontal transfer path for transferring in a horizontal direction the signal charges transferred over the plurality of vertical transfer paths, wherein the photo-sensitive cells comprise first photo-sensitive cells and second photo-sensitive cells each having particular sensitivity to incident light, wherein the photo-sensitive cells are arranged such that the first photo-sensitive cells are positioned on diagonal corners at opposite sides of each of the vertical transfer paths and the second photo-sensitive cells are positioned at other diagonal corners at opposite sides of the vertical transfer path, such that the first photo-sensitive cells and the second photo-sensitive cells positioned at the diagonal corners have photo-sensitive areas whose centers of gravity form a rectangle when connected by a virtual line, and wherein the vertical transfer paths comprise transfer electrodes for forming packets for storing the signal charges read out from the first photo-sensitive cells and the second photo-sensitive cells, the transfer electrodes being formed in a pattern in which a combination of a parallelogram and a trapezoid is repeated.