Patent ID: 8872090
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged in rows and columns in a pixel region of a semiconductor substrate, and configured to convert incident light into signal charges; a plurality of vertical transfer units arranged for corresponding columns of the photoelectric conversion units, and configured to transfer, in a column direction, the signal charges read from the corresponding columns of the photoelectric conversion units; n horizontal transfer units arranged in parallel, and configured to transfer, in a row direction, the signal charges transferred by the vertical transfer units, n being an integer greater than or equal to two; and output units configured to output, as electric signals, the signal charges transferred by the n horizontal transfer units, the output units including n floating diffusion units each formed in a region adjacent to an output end of a corresponding one of the n horizontal transfer units, wherein the n floating diffusion units are disposed at greater intervals than adjacent ones of the n horizontal transfer units.