CA1125421A - Solid state image sensor - Google Patents

Solid state image sensor

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Publication number
CA1125421A
CA1125421A CA312,252A CA312252A CA1125421A CA 1125421 A CA1125421 A CA 1125421A CA 312252 A CA312252 A CA 312252A CA 1125421 A CA1125421 A CA 1125421A
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sensor
substrate
solid state
state image
region
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French (fr)
Inventor
Shigeyuki Ochi
Takeo Hashimoto
Yoshiaki Hagiwara
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Sony Corp
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Sony Corp
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01JELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J29/00Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00
    • H01J29/02Electrodes; Screens; Mounting, supporting, spacing or insulating thereof
    • H01J29/10Screens on or from which an image or pattern is formed, picked up, converted or stored
    • H01J29/36Photoelectric screens; Charge-storage screens
    • H01J29/39Charge-storage screens
    • H01J29/45Charge-storage screens exhibiting internal electric effects caused by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. photoconductive screen, photodielectric screen, photovoltaic screen
    • H01J29/451Charge-storage screens exhibiting internal electric effects caused by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. photoconductive screen, photodielectric screen, photovoltaic screen with photosensitive junctions
    • H01J29/453Charge-storage screens exhibiting internal electric effects caused by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. photoconductive screen, photodielectric screen, photovoltaic screen with photosensitive junctions provided with diode arrays
    • H01J29/455Charge-storage screens exhibiting internal electric effects caused by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. photoconductive screen, photodielectric screen, photovoltaic screen with photosensitive junctions provided with diode arrays formed on a silicon substrate
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146Imager structures
    • H01L27/148Charge coupled imagers
    • H01L27/14831Area CCD imagers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146Imager structures
    • H01L27/148Charge coupled imagers
    • H01L27/14887Blooming suppression
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/57Control of the dynamic range
    • H04N25/571Control of the dynamic range involving a non-linear response
    • H04N25/575Control of the dynamic range involving a non-linear response with a response composed of multiple slopes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
    • H04N25/73Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors using interline transfer [IT]
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/77Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
  • Picture Signal Circuits (AREA)
CA312,252A 1977-09-29 1978-09-28 Solid state image sensor Expired CA1125421A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP12688577A JPS5451318A (en) 1977-09-29 1977-09-29 Solid pickup unit
JP126885/77 1977-09-29

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CA1125421A true CA1125421A (en) 1982-06-08

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JP (1) JPS5451318A (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png)
CA (1) CA1125421A (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png)
DE (1) DE2842346A1 (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png)
FR (1) FR2409646A1 (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png)
GB (1) GB2007937B (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png)
NL (1) NL7809866A (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png)

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JPS61144874A (ja) * 1984-12-19 1986-07-02 Toshiba Corp 電荷転送装置
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FR2687265A1 (fr) * 1993-01-08 1993-08-13 Scanera Sc Dispositif de prise de vue electronique a haute dynamique et procede de prise de vue de scenes tres contrastees.

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FR2409646A1 (fr) 1979-06-15
DE2842346A1 (de) 1979-04-12
DE2842346C2 (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png) 1987-05-14
JPS5451318A (en) 1979-04-23
NL7809866A (nl) 1979-04-02
FR2409646B1 (US20030204162A1-20031030-M00002.png) 1983-11-18
GB2007937A (en) 1979-05-23
GB2007937B (en) 1982-03-03

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