Patent ID: 8704146
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A61B,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a light receiving section having a plurality of pixels including photodiodes, respectively, the pixels being two-dimensionally arrayed in M rows and N columns; N readout lines disposed for the respective columns, and connected with the photodiodes included in the pixels of the respective columns via readout switches; a signal output section for outputting a voltage value according to an amount of charge input through each of the readout lines; and a vertical shift register for controlling an opening and closing operation of the readout switch for each of the rows; and a dummy photodiode disposed between the vertical shift register and the light receiving section, wherein the dummy photodiode is provided along a longitudinal direction of the vertical shift register, and a length of the dummy photodiode in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is smaller than a length of the dummy photodiode in the longitudinal direction.