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Solid-state image capturing device, method for driving the solid-state image capturing device, and electronic information device

  • US 20080094495A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2007
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A solid-state image capturing device, comprising:

  • a plurality of light receiving sections, arranged in a matrix in an image capturing region, for photoelectrically converting received light into signal electrical charges;

    signal readout sections for reading out the signal electrical charges from the light receiving sections;

    vertical transfer sections driven by n-phase drive (n≧

    2, k is an integer greater than or equal to

         2) in order to transfer the signal electrical charges, which have been read out from the light receiving sections in a column direction, in a vertical direction, wherein first-layer electrodes and second-layer electrodes are arranged in an alternating manner, and n electrodes make up one set of electrodes;

    a horizontal transfer section for transferring the signal electrical charges, which have been transferred from the vertical transfer sections, in a horizontal direction, wherein the vertical transfer sections include first vertical transfer sections for transferring the signal electrical charges, which have been read out from the light receiving sections, in one direction or in an other direction and second vertical transfer sections for transferring the signal electrical charges in the one direction or the other direction with timings independent of those for the first vertical transfer sections.

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