Patent ID: 7154549

Claim:
A solid state image sensor, comprising a plurality of transducer column groups, each of which is composed of a first photoelectric transducer column wherein a plurality of photoelectric transducers are disposed at given intervals in a given direction, and a second photoelectric transducer column wherein a plurality of photoelectric transducers are disposed at said given intervals in said given direction, the second column being disposed so as to be shifted from the first column by a given amount in said given direction, wherein transfer registers are disposed between the respective photoelectric transducer columns so as to invade spaces between the respective photoelectric transducers in the photoelectric transducer columns adjacent to each other and so as not to contact each other, the solid state image sensor further comprising a plurality of monolayer electrodes which pass between the photoelectric transducers and extend in a direction that intersects said given direction, and which are disposed so as to be a given distance apart from each other in such a manner that signal charges generated in the photoelectric transducers are transferred along the transfer registers, wherein the spacing between the monolayer electrodes above the transfer registers is made narrower than the spacing between the monolayer electrodes above isolation regions for electrically isolating the transfer registers adjacent to each other.