Patent ID: 7446358
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of driving a solid-state imaging device which comprises: a plurality of light receiving portions arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a plurality of transfer channels extending in the second direction, each being arranged between the neighboring light receiving portions, a plurality of first transfer electrodes arranged on said transfer channels, the neighboring first transfer electrodes positioned at both sides of the light receiving portion being connected in the first direction, a plurality of second transfer electrodes arranged in the same layer of said first transfer electrodes, on said transfer channel, and low-resistance wirings of which the number corresponds to the number of transfer electrodes, extending over said first transfer electrode in the first direction, and having a lower resistance than those of said first transfer electrodes and said second transfer electrodes; said method comprising driving the solid-state imaging device with said low-resistance wirings, connected to said first transfer electrodes and said second transfer electrodes on the respective transfer channels through a connecting portion, by a four-phase driving method.