Patent ID: 8106988

Claim:
A solid imaging device comprising: a photoelectric converting section configured to generate electric charges through photoelectric conversion, the photoelectric converting section having an upper surface and a lower surface; a first charge transfer section connected with said photoelectric converting section, individual elements of said first charge transfer section being located between an upper surface of the first charge transfer section facing the lower surface of the photoelectric converting section; a first read gate section provided between said photoelectric converting section and said first charge transfer section, an upper surface of said first read gate section being adjacent the lower surface of the photoelectric converting section and a lower surface of said first read gate being adjacent the upper surface of the first charge transfer section, with the individual elements of said first charge transfer section being in vertical registration with corresponding individual elements of said photoelectric converting section, the first read gate section configured to parallel transfer the electric charges from said photoelectric converting section to said first charge transfer section, the electric charges being transferred from each individual element of said photoelectric converting section into each corresponding individual element of said first charge transfer section; and a second charge transfer section operating independently from said first charge transfer section and configured to receive the electric charges from the individual elements of the said first charge transfer section, the electric charges transferred serially from and through one individual element of said first charge transfer section into and through one element of the second charge transfer section, an upper surface of said second charge transfer section being below the lower surface of the first charge transfer section, with individual elements of said second charge transfer section being in vertical registration with corresponding individual elements of said first charge transfer sections.