Solid-state image pick-up device and digital still camera

Details Solid-state image pick-up device and digital still camera Solid-state image pick-up device and digital still camera

2007-11-06

2007-11-06

Ometz, David (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Solid-state image sensor

C348S275000, C348S311000, C348S234000, C348S238000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10408118

ABSTRACT:
In a solid-state image pick-up device comprising photoelectric converting devices3r, 3gand3bformed at a predetermined array interval in row and column directions on a semiconductor substrate, vertical transfer paths4a, 4b, 4c, . . . provided in the column direction of the photoelectric converting device and serving to read and transfer a signal charge obtained by the photoelectric converting device, and a shielding film for covering an upper part of the vertical transfer path, a pore7is provided in a place corresponding to an imaginary pixel point position in the shielding film. Consequently, an actual signal (an imaginary pixel point charge) corresponding to the amount of a received light on the imaginary pixel point through the pore7is stored in the vertical transfer path. Therefore, the imaginary pixel point charge is read from the solid-state image pick-up device before the signal charge is read from the photoelectric converting device, and image data based on the signal charge are corrected by the actual imaginary pixel point charge. Thus, it is possible to generate an image having a high resolution.

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