Patent ID: 7564016
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device comprising: forming a plurality of pixels and a vertical selecting means for sequentially selecting rows of the pixels, and forming a signal processing means for performing predetermined signal processing on signals from said pixels, wherein forming each pixel includes: forming a photoelectric conversion element that converts light signals into electrical signals, forming a transfer means for transferring signals from the photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion portion, forming a reset means for resetting the electric potential of said floating diffusion portion, and forming an amplifying means for outputting a signal corresponding to the electric potential of said floating diffusion portion; and wherein said signal processing means performs signal processing on said signals from said pixels during a selecting operation but not during a shutter operation, and further wherein when said shuttering operation is performed, signals accumulated in said photoelectric conversion element are transferred to said floating diffusion portion after resetting the electric potential of said floating diffusion portion to a reference potential, and when said selecting operation is performed after said shuttering operation, signals accumulated in said photoelectric conversion element are transferred to the floating diffusion portion without selecting the electric potential of said floating diffusion portion to be the reference potential, or before selecting the electric potential of said floating diffusion portion to be the reference potential, and the reset gate of the pixels remains off after a time when said shuttering operation is performed until said selecting operation is performed.