Patent ID: 7602431

Claim:
A solid-state imaging element comprising: a plurality of light receiving elements provided within an imaging region on a semiconductor substrate; a color filter with a plurality of colors provided on said plurality of light receiving elements for filtering with a predetermined color; a first vertical shift register disposed in the imaging region along one side of a row of light receiving elements disposed in a vertical direction, and a second vertical shift register disposed in the imaging region along the other side of the row of light receiving elements; a channel stop provided in a staggered pattern on both sides of each of the first and second vertical shift registers; and a first horizontal shift register and a second horizontal shift register disposed interposing said imaging region therebetween for transferring a charge transferred from said vertical shift registers and outputting a signal in accordance with said charge, respectively; wherein, a respective charge of said plurality of light receiving elements accumulated therein in accordance with a light transmitted through filters of the same color in said color filter is transferred exclusively via either one of said first horizontal shift register or said second horizontal shift register to be outputted as said signal, and the channel stop is positioned so that light receiving elements, associated with filters of the same color and positioned on adjacent rows, are connected to either one of said first vertical shift register or said second vertical shift register positioned therebetween said adjacent rows.