Patent ID: 8319877

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel section including a plurality of light receiving sensors; a plurality of vertical transfer registers in a horizontally spaced relation including vertical transfer channel regions each between horizontally adjacent two of the light receiving sensors, and vertical transfer electrodes above the vertical transfer channel regions; a plurality of horizontal transfer registers in a vertically spaced relation, each horizontal transfer register including a horizontal transfer channel region and a plurality of horizontal transfer electrodes formed side by side in a horizontal direction above the horizontal transfer channel region and in the same layer as the vertical transfer electrodes, the horizontal transfer electrodes being arranged such that transfer drive pulses having different phases are applied to horizontally adjacent two of the horizontal transfer electrodes; and a horizontal-to-horizontal transfer portion between adjacent two of the horizontal transfer registers including a horizontal-to-horizontal transfer channel region interconnecting respective parts of the horizontal transfer channel regions under the horizontal transfer electrodes to which the transfer drive pulses having different phases are applied, and a horizontal-to-horizontal transfer electrode above the horizontal-to-horizontal transfer channel region in the same layer as both the vertical transfer electrodes and the horizontal transfer electrodes.