Patent ID: 6198507
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
A solid state imaging device comprising:a light receiving unit having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix fashion;color filters arranged on said pixels in a predetermined pattern corresponding to said pixels;a vertical transfer unit for transferring a charge generated in said light receiving unit;a horizontal transfer unit for receiving a charge from said vertical transfer unit to transfer the charge in the horizontal direction;an output unit for receiving a charge from said horizontal transfer unit to convert the charge into an electrical signal;a vertical drive circuit for supplying, in a case of noninterlaced signal processing, a first group of vertical transfer pulses to said vertical transfer unit in one horizontal blanking period to transfer a charge stored in each of said pixels to a one-line horizontal transfer unit and for supplying, and, in a case of an interlaced signal processing, a second group of vertical transfer pulses to said vertical transfer unit in one horizontal blanking period to transfer a charge stored in each of said charges to a two-line horizontal transfer unit; anda horizontal drive circuit for supplying a group of horizontal transfer pulses to said horizontal transfer unit,wherein,said group of second transfer pulses comprises said group of first transfer pulses which is supplied in two cycles, and horizontal transfer pulses are supplied to said horizontal shift register for transferring the signal charges transferred to the horizontal shift register by said predetermined number of pixels after said group of first transfer pulses is supplied in the first cycle.