Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-31
2008-11-25
Ho, Tuan (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
C348S294000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07456880
ABSTRACT:
To provide a solid-state image pickup apparatus with little or no difference in the dark currents between adjacent photoelectroc conversion elements and providing a high sensitivity and a low dark current even in-a high-speed readout operation.A well is formed on a wafer, and diffusion layers are formed in the well to constitute a photodiode. A well contact is formed between the diffusion layers. Element isolation regions are provided between the well contact and the diffusion layers, and conductive layers are provided respectively on the element isolation regions, thereby reducing a difference in the minority carrier diffusions from the well contact to the photodiodes (diffusion layers).
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Ogura Masanori
Okita Akira
Watanabe Takanori
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Fitzpatrick ,Cella, Harper & Scinto
Ho Tuan
Vieaux Gary C
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