Patent ID: 7315329
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image-pickup device having: a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors; and a first and second transfer register for transferring signal charges generated in said sensors of said sensor array, at least a third transfer register formed between said first transfer register and said second transfer register for storing temporarily and transferring said signal charges from said first transfer register to said second transfer register; wherein a read-out gate is provided between the sensor array and an accumulation gate for reading-out charges generated in the sensor array to an accumulation region adjacent the accumulation gate as a function of an applied read-out gate control signal, the accumulation gate is provided between the read-out gate and said first transfer register; and wherein each of said first and second transfer registers receives and concurrently transfers signal charges derived from a single row of pixels of said sensor array, and wherein the first of the two transfer registers transfers signal charges from a different row than the second of the two transfer registers.