Patent ID: 8094225
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged along rows and columns on a substrate, wherein each of the pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a semiconductor region, a control electrode disposed to sandwich an insulating film between the control electrode and the semiconductor region, a charge accumulating unit for accumulating in the semiconductor region signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, an amplifying unit, and a transfer unit having a transfer electrode for controlling an electrical continuity between the charge accumulating unit and an input portion of the amplifying unit, wherein the solid-state imaging apparatus further comprises: a light shielding portion covering the charge accumulating unit, and a connecting unit for connecting electrically the control electrode to the light shielding portion, the light shielding portion of one of the pixels in one row is electrically connected to other light shielding portions of other pixels in the same one row and adjacent to the one pixel in the one row, and is electrically insulated from other light shielding portions of pixels in rows different from the one row.