Patent ID: 6185270
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A solid state imaging device comprising:a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a matrix form;first kind of vertical transfer registers and second kind of vertical transfer registers disposed alternately so as to be adjacent to said plurality of photodiodes;a horizontal transfer register for transferring signal charges transferred from said vertical transfer registers to an output amplifier; anda first transfer electrode of first layer, a first transfer electrode of second layer, a first transfer electrode of third layer, a second transfer electrode of first layer, a second transfer electrode of second layer, and a second transfer electrode of third layer disposed in a connection part of said vertical transfer registers with respect to said horizontal transfer register,wherein said transfer electrodes are disposed in order, facing said horizontal transfer register, of the first transfer electrode of first layer, the first transfer electrode of second layer, the first transfer electrode of third layer, the second transfer electrode of second layer, the second transfer electrode of third layer, and the second transfer electrode of first layer, andwherein the first transfer electrode of second layer and the first transfer electrode of third layer are disposed, in said first kind of vertical transfer registers, on transfer electrodes of layers lower than itself, and the second transfer electrode of second layer and the second transfer electrode of third layer are disposed, in said second kind of vertical transfer registers, on transfer electrodes of layers lower than itself.