Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Reexamination Certificate
2004-02-18
2010-06-22
Tran, Nhan T (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Solid-state image sensor
C348S310000, C257S292000, C250S208100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07742089
ABSTRACT:
A CMOS solid state imaging device is capable of achieving a higher image quality while reducing the size and power consumption and increasing the number of pixels and speeds. According to the invention, in a CMOS solid state imaging device, including a light-receiving portion (11) that performs photoelectric conversion according to a quantity of received light, a transfer gate (12a) used to read out charges obtained through the photoelectric conversion in the light-receiving portion (11), and a peripheral transistor provided in a periphery of the light-receiving portion (11), and a driving method of the same, a voltage applied to the transfer gate (12a) is set higher than a voltage applied to the peripheral transistor.
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Dagnew Mekonnen
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Sony Corporation
Tran Nhan T
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