Patent ID: 8300132

Claim:
A solid-state imaging system comprising: a transfer unit having a backward transfer channel between a different transfer channel and a transfer channel array, said transfer channel array being between said backward transfer channel and a forward transfer channel: wherein said transfer channel array is in contact with said forward transfer channel and said backward transfer channel, said backward transfer channel being in contact with said different transfer channel, wherein {N} is the number of fields in a frame with said number of fields {N} being an integer amount of three or more, the number of transfer channels in said transfer channel array being {(N×2)−3}, wherein, during a time period and a subsequent time period, said transfer unit is configured to prohibit formation of a charge well in said different transfer channel while preserving charge wells generated previously in said transfer channel array, wherein, during a transition from said time period to said subsequent time period, said transfer unit is configured to generate a charge well in said backward transfer channel and remove a charge well from within said forward transfer channel, wherein, said transition is one of many time period transitions, the exact number of time period transitions in each field of the frame being {(N×2)}.