公开(公告)号：US20100208110A1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-19

申请号：US12761133

申请日：2010-04-15

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/3535 ,  H04N2209/045

摘要： A driving method for a solid-state image pick up device that includes the steps of capturing an image with the pixel array, sharing at least two color pixel cells with a floating diffusion unit, adding an output signal of a first color pixel cell to an output signal of a second color pixel cell having the same color as the first color pixel cell with the floating diffusion unit in order to create a virtual pixel center, and controlling a ratio of integration time of the color pixel cells to the same colors based on pitches between virtual pixel centers with a control unit.

摘要翻译： 一种固态图像拾取装置的驱动方法，包括以下步骤：用像素阵列拍摄图像，与浮动扩散单元共享至少两个彩色像素单元，将第一颜色像素单元的输出信号加到 输出具有与第一彩色像素单元相同颜色的第二彩色像​​素单元与浮动扩散单元，以便产生虚拟像素中心，并且基于以下方式控制彩色像素单元的积分时间与相同颜色的比率 具有控制单元的虚拟像素中心之间的间距。

公开(公告)号：US20060132634A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-22

申请号：US11303620

申请日：2005-12-16

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/3535 ,  H04N2209/045

摘要： A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel cells, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, is arranged, and an adder for performing an addition operation on a plurality of signals output from the photoelectric conversion elements of the pixel array in a predetermined combination of the photoelectric conversion elements, while setting between the signals to be added a ratio determined according to the arrangement of the photoelectric conversion elements.

摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括：像素阵列，其中配置有多个像素单元，每个像素单元包括多个光电转换元件;以及加法器，用于对从光电转换器输出的多个信号执行加法运算 在光电转换元件的预定组合中的像素阵列的元件，同时在要添加的信号之间设置根据光电转换元件的布置确定的比率。

公开(公告)号：US20060038904A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-23

申请号：US11200687

申请日：2005-08-10

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/37457 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14621 ,  H01L27/14641 ,  H04N5/347

摘要： A solid-state imaging device with a multi-pixel sharing structure, wherein the area of each photoelectric conversion element can be secured independent of a reduction in area of each pixel. A solid-state imaging device including photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a two-dimensional array and voltage conversion elements for converting charge produced by photoelectric conversion through the corresponding photoelectric conversion elements into voltage.

摘要翻译： 一种具有多像素共享结构的固态成像装置，其中可以独立于每个像素的面积的减小来确保每个光电转换元件的面积。 一种固态成像装置，包括以二维阵列布置的光电转换元件和用于将通过相应的光电转换元件的光电转换产生的电荷转换为电压的电压转换元件。

公开(公告)号：US08872953B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US12910068

申请日：2010-10-22

申请人： Yorito Sakano ,  Takashi Abe ,  Keiji Mabuchi ,  Ryoji Suzuki ,  Hiroyuki Mori ,  Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Fumihiko Koga ,  Takeshi Yanagita ,  Kazunobu Ota

发明人： Yorito Sakano ,  Takashi Abe ,  Keiji Mabuchi ,  Ryoji Suzuki ,  Hiroyuki Mori ,  Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Fumihiko Koga ,  Takeshi Yanagita ,  Kazunobu Ota

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/3745

CPC分类号： H04N5/361 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14612 ,  H01L27/14614 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/14641 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/14689 ,  H04N5/2176 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/37457 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： A solid-state imaging device is provided, which includes a photodiode having a first conductivity type semiconductor area that is dividedly formed for each pixel; a first conductivity type transfer gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating layer in an area neighboring the photodiode, and transmitting signal charges generated and accumulated in the photodiode; a signal reading unit reading a voltage which corresponds to the signal charge or the signal charge; and an inversion layer induction electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via the gate insulating layer in an area covering a portion or the whole of the photodiode, and composed of a conductor or a semiconductor having a work function. An inversion layer is induced, which is formed by accumulating a second conductivity type carrier on a surface of the inversion layer induction electrode side of the semiconductor area through the inversion layer induction electrode.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种固态成像装置，其包括：光电二极管，其具有为每个像素分割形成的第一导电类型半导体区域; 在与所述光电二极管相邻的区域经由栅极绝缘层在所述半导体衬底上形成的第一导电型转移栅电极，以及发射并累积在所述光电二极管中的信号电荷; 读取对应于信号电荷或信号电荷的电压的信号读取单元; 以及反射层感应电极，其在覆盖所述光电二极管的一部分或全部的区域中，经由所述栅极绝缘层在所述半导体衬底上形成，并且由具有功函数的导体或半导体构成。 通过反转层感应电极在半导体区域的反型层感应电极侧的表面上积累第二导电型载体而形成反转层。

公开(公告)号：US08471312B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US12275489

申请日：2008-11-21

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H01L31/062

CPC分类号： H04N5/3745 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/1461 ,  H01L27/14614 ,  H01L27/14616 ,  H01L27/14641 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes a plurality of pixels in an arrangement, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, pixel transistors including a transfer transistor, and a floating diffusion region, in which the channel width of transfer gate of the transfer transistor is formed to be larger on a side of the floating diffusion region than on a side of the photoelectric conversion element.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种固态成像装置，其包括排列中的多个像素，每个像素包括光电转换元件，包括转移晶体管的像素晶体管和浮动扩散区域，其中传输门的沟道宽度 传输晶体管在浮动扩散区域的一侧形成为比在光电转换元件侧更大。

公开(公告)号：US08368161B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-05

申请号：US12711345

申请日：2010-02-24

申请人： Fumihiko Koga ,  Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Fumihiko Koga ,  Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H01L21/337

CPC分类号： H01L27/14689 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/1463

摘要： A solid-state image capturing device includes, in a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion section which performs photoelectric conversion on incident light to obtain signal charges; a pixel transistor section which outputs the signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion section; a peripheral circuit section which is formed in the periphery of a pixel section including the photoelectric conversion section and the pixel transistor section; and isolation areas which electrically separate the photoelectric conversion section, the pixel transistor section, and the peripheral circuit section from each other. The isolation areas in the periphery of the pixel transistor section each have an insulating section formed higher than a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A first gate electrode of a transistor of the pixel transistor section is formed between the insulating sections and on the semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween.

摘要翻译： 固体摄像装置在半导体衬底中包括对入射光进行光电转换以获得信号电荷的光电转换部; 输出在光电转换部中生成的信号电荷的像素晶体管部; 外围电路部，形成在包括光电转换部和像素晶体管部的像素部的周围; 以及将光电转换部，像素晶体管部和外围电路部彼此电分离的隔离区域。 像素晶体管部分周围的隔离区域各自具有比半导体衬底的表面高的绝缘部分。 像素晶体管部分的晶体管的第一栅电极形成在绝缘部分和半导体衬底之间，其间插入有栅极绝缘膜。

公开(公告)号：US08223237B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-17

申请号：US12472457

申请日：2009-05-27

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H01L27/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/37457 ,  H04N5/3742 ,  H04N5/37452 ,  H04N5/37455 ,  H04N5/3765 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/63

摘要： Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device including a photoelectric conversion portion photoelectrically converting incident light into signal charge and accumulate the signal charge, a plurality of signal lines including a transfer signal line to which a transfer signal for reading the signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portion to a floating diffusion region is input, a driver circuit inputting a plurality of desired signals into the plurality of signal lines including the transfer signal line, and a terminal circuit connected to a side opposite to a side of the transfer signal line where the driver circuit is connected and to which a control signal for securing the transfer signal line at a constant voltage is input before a desired signal of the plurality of desired signals with respect to a signal line adjacent to the transfer signal line of the plurality of signal lines is input to the signal line adjacent to the transfer signal line.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种固态成像装置，其包括将入射光光电转换为信号电荷并累积信号电荷的光电转换部分，包括传输信号线的多条信号线，向该转移信号线读取累积在光电 输入到浮动扩散区域的驱动电路，将多个期望信号输入到包括传输信号线的多条信号线中的驱动电路，以及连接到与传送信号线侧相反的一侧的端子电路，其中， 驱动电路被连接，并且用于将传输信号线固定为恒定电压的控制信号在多个期望信号的期望信号之前相对于与多个信号线的传输信号线相邻的信号线被输入 被输入到与传送信号线相邻的信号线。

公开(公告)号：US20120056251A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-08

申请号：US13218933

申请日：2011-08-26

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H01L31/02 ,  H01L29/02

CPC分类号： H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14612 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H01L27/14634 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L2224/16225 ,  H01L2224/32225 ,  H01L2224/73204 ,  H04N5/3765 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first semiconductor substrate in which a part of an analog circuit is formed between the analog circuit and a digital circuit which subjects an analog output signal output from the analog circuit to digital conversion; a second semiconductor substrate in which the remaining part of the analog circuit and the digital circuit are formed; and a substrate connection portion which connects the first and second semiconductor substrates to each other. The substrate connection portion transmits an analog signal which is generated by a part of the analog circuit of the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate.

摘要翻译： 半导体集成电路包括第一半导体衬底，其中模拟电路的一部分形成在模拟电路和数字电路之间，数字电路使从模拟电路输出的模拟输出信号进行数字转换; 形成模拟电路和数字电路的剩余部分的第二半导体衬底; 以及将第一和第二半导体基板彼此连接的基板连接部。 基板连接部将由第一半导体基板的模拟电路的一部分生成的模拟信号发送到第二半导体基板。

公开(公告)号：US20110285901A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-24

申请号：US13104604

申请日：2011-05-10

申请人： Takashi Abe ,  Ryoji Suzuki ,  Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Takashi Abe ,  Ryoji Suzuki ,  Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H04N5/225 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L27/146

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14636

摘要： A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes an imaging area that includes arrayed pixels having photoelectric converting units and transistor elements; and a peripheral circuit, in which a wiring line in the imaging area that is shifted based on pupil correction amount and a wiring line in the peripheral circuit that is not shifted are connected through a connection expanded portion integrally formed with one or both of the wiring lines.

摘要翻译： 提供固态成像装置。 固态成像装置包括具有光电转换单元和晶体管元件的排列像素的成像区域; 以及外围电路，其中基于瞳孔校正量移位的成像区域中的布线和外围电路中未移位的布线通过与一个或两个布线一体形成的连接扩展部分连接 线条。

公开(公告)号：US07990444B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-02

申请号：US12358086

申请日：2009-01-22

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N9/083

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14625 ,  H01L27/1463

摘要： Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes a group of elements, the group including at least color photoelectric conversion elements configured to convert light signals in first, second, and third wavelength ranges to electric signals, respectively, a white photoelectric conversion element configured to convert light signals in the wavelength range including the entire visible light range and a portion of the infrared light range to electric signals, and a light-shielded diode element configured to be shielded from light. A unit is formed by including the white photoelectric conversion element and the light-shielded diode element for one color photoelectric conversion element, and within the unit, the white photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected with the light-shielded diode element by way of an overflow path. A camera provided with the solid-state imaging device is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种固态成像装置，其包括一组元件，所述组至少包括彩色光电转换元件，其被配置为将第一，第二和第三波长范围内的光信号分别转换为电信号，白光电转换元件配置 将包括整个可见光范围和一部分红外光范围的波长范围的光信号转换为电信号，以及被配置为被遮光的光屏蔽二极管元件。 通过包括白色光电转换元件和用于一色光电转换元件的光屏蔽二极管元件形成单元，并且在该单元内，白光电转换元件通过溢出电路与光屏蔽二极管元件电连接 路径。 还公开了配备有固态成像装置的相机。