公开(公告)号：US5491339A

公开(公告)日：1996-02-13

申请号：US308420

申请日：1994-09-19

申请人： Tadashi Mitsui ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Motosuke Miyoshi ,  Makoto Sekine ,  Katsuya Okumura ,  Haruo Okano

发明人： Tadashi Mitsui ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Motosuke Miyoshi ,  Makoto Sekine ,  Katsuya Okumura ,  Haruo Okano

IPC分类号： H01L31/09 ,  H01J37/244

CPC分类号： H01J37/244

摘要： According to this invention, there is provided a charged particle detection device including a semiconductor substrate, an insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode formed on the insulating film, a member for forming a potential well, which is constituted by a depletion layer, near a surface of the semiconductor substrate under the electrode, a member for sweeping, into the semiconductor substrate, charges which are generated in the semiconductor substrate by charged particles incident from the electrode and are stored in the potential well, and a member for detecting signal charges generated by the charged particles swept into the semiconductor substrate.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明，提供了一种带电粒子检测装置，其包括半导体衬底，形成在半导体衬底上的绝缘膜，形成在绝缘膜上的电极，用于形成势阱的构件，其由耗尽层 在电极下方的半导体衬底的表面附近，将从电极入射的带电粒子在半导体衬底中产生的电荷扫描到半导体衬底中并存储在势阱中的元件，以及用于检测 由带电粒子产生的信号电荷扫入半导体衬底。

公开(公告)号：US5150388A

公开(公告)日：1992-09-22

申请号：US757614

申请日：1991-09-11

申请人： Nozomu Harada ,  Yukio Endo ,  Yuji Ide

发明人： Nozomu Harada ,  Yukio Endo ,  Yuji Ide

IPC分类号： G11C27/04 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/378

CPC分类号： H04N3/155 ,  G11C27/04 ,  H04N3/1575 ,  H04N5/335

摘要： A solid state image sensing device comprises an image sensor for outputting optical images as signal charges, a charge transfer section for transferring signal charges, a first reading section for non-destructively reading transferred signal charges as a plurality of first output signal components, a detecting section for detecting the difference between the first output signal components, a second reading section for adding the signal charges corresponding to the first output signal components which correspond to the difference signal and reading the added signal charges as a second output signal component, an adding section for inserting at least one signal component corresponding to the second output signal component to one or more first output signal components which are canceled due to charge-transfer for addition of signal charges and generating an output signal including a third output signal component, and a level lowering section for lowering the signal levels of the second and third output signal components according to the number of addition stages.

摘要翻译： 固态图像感测装置包括用于输出作为信号电荷的光学图像的图像传感器，用于传送信号电荷的电荷转移部分，用于非破坏性地读取作为多个第一输出信号分量的传送信号电荷的第一读取部分， 用于检测第一输出信号分量之间的差的第二读取部分，用于将对应于与差分信号相对应的第一输出信号分量的信号电荷相加并读取相加的信号电荷作为第二输出信号分量的第二读取部分， 用于将对应于第二输出信号分量的至少一个信号分量插入到一个或多个第一输出信号分量，该第一输出信号分量由于用于添加信号电荷的电荷转移而被抵消，并且产生包括第三输出信号分量的输出信号，以及电平 降低部分，用于降低第二个的信号电平 d个第三输出信号分量根据加法阶数。

公开(公告)号：US4698686A

公开(公告)日：1987-10-06

申请号：US661683

申请日：1984-10-17

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/2173

摘要： A solid-state image sensor has an electrically floating carrier detecting electrode formed on a substrate, into which the signal carriers are transmitted, a sense amplifier circuit detecting the variation in a voltage of the electrode at the time of transferring the carriers, and a resetting electrode for resetting the potential of the electrode to a predetermined potential at every read-out period of the picture element section. A circuit arrangement for removing noise is provided to have two switches which switch to alternatively become conductive in response to control pulse signals. The first switch becomes conductive during a first period within one picture element period. During the first period the CCD output signal contains an effective image signal component. The second switch becomes conductive during a second period during which the CCD output signal contains a reset noise component, thereby forcibly fixing the level of the reset noise signal to a DC reference potential so that reset noise can be removed.

摘要翻译： 固态图像传感器具有形成在基板上的电浮动载波检测电极，信号载体被传输到其中;读出放大器电路，检测在传送载体时电极的电压变化，以及复位 电极，用于在像素部分的每个读出周期将电极的电位复位到预定电位。 提供了用于去除噪声的电路装置，以具有响应于控制脉冲信号切换成交替地导通的两个开关。 第一开关在一个像素周期内的第一周期期间变为导通。 在第一周期期间，CCD输出信号包含有效的图像信号分量。 第二开关在CCD输出信号包含复位噪声分量的第二周期期间变为导通，从而强制将复位噪声信号的电平固定为DC参考电位，从而可以去除复位噪声。

公开(公告)号：US4652928A

公开(公告)日：1987-03-24

申请号：US619375

申请日：1984-06-11

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/349 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/1587

摘要： A solid state image sensing system includes a CCD and a vibration table. The vibration table swing-drives the CCD in response to a drive signal generated by a drive pulse generator, in such a manner that the CCD is vibrated in a horizontal direction in one vibration cycle consisting of two succeeding frame periods each having A and B fields.

摘要翻译： 固体摄像系统包括CCD和振动台。 响应于由驱动脉冲发生器产生的驱动信号，振动台摆动驱动CCD，使得CCD在一个振动周期内在水平方向上振动，该振动周期由两个后续帧周期组成，每个后续帧周期各自具有A和B场 。

公开(公告)号：US4608749A

公开(公告)日：1986-09-02

申请号：US643232

申请日：1984-08-22

申请人： Nozomu Harada ,  Yoshiaki Komatsubara

发明人： Nozomu Harada ,  Yoshiaki Komatsubara

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H01L27/14

CPC分类号： H01L27/14893 ,  H01L27/14806 ,  Y10S148/075 ,  Y10S148/172

摘要： A method of manufacturing a "two-level" solid-state image pickup device wherein a portion of a first metallic electrode electrically connected to a signal storage region is made to project to the highest position above a substrate on which it is formed. A coating of an organic insulating film is then applied to produce a flat surface. The entire surface of the organic film is then etched to expose the projections of the first metallic electrode. A second metallic electrode constituting a pixel electrode is connected to the first electrode at the exposed portion thereof.

摘要翻译： 制造“二电平”固体摄像装置的方法，其中与信号存储区域电连接的第一金属电极的一部分突出到其上形成的衬底上方的最高位置。 然后施加有机绝缘膜的涂层以产生平坦表面。 然后蚀刻有机膜的整个表面以暴露第一金属电极的突起。 构成像素电极的第二金属电极在其暴露部分连接到第一电极。

公开(公告)号：US4595954A

公开(公告)日：1986-06-17

申请号：US591491

申请日：1984-03-20

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/30 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/349 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/1587 ,  H04N5/30

摘要： In an image sensing system, a solid-state image sensor is mounted on a vibration stand in a manner as to vibrate horizontally to an incoming light in synchronization with one frame period, thereby sensing while alternatively displacing at different sampling positions in two field periods. Field image signals from the image sensor is supplied, through a signal processor, to a signal reproduction unit which includes a carrier generator for producing first and second carrier signals having the same frequency as the horizontal readout frequency of the image sensor and a phase in reverse to one other in the field periods, and an AM modulator for amplitude-modulating the carrier signal. The amplitude modulation field signals thus obtained are sliced at a suitable level by a slicer and then synthesized each other to obtain a frame image signal.

摘要翻译： 在图像感测系统中，固态图像传感器以与一帧周期同步地水平振动到入射光的方式安装在振动台上，从而在两个场周期中在不同采样位置交替移位时进行感测。 来自图像传感器的场图像信号通过信号处理器被提供给信号再现单元，该信号再现单元包括用于产生具有与图像传感器的水平读出频率相同频率的第一和第二载波信号的载波发生器和相反的相位 在场周期中彼此​​相关，并且用于幅度调制载波信号的AM调制器。 如此获得的幅度调制场信号由限幅器以适当的电平进行切片，然后彼此合成以获得帧图像信号。

公开(公告)号：US4492980A

公开(公告)日：1985-01-08

申请号：US297968

申请日：1981-08-31

申请人： Nozomu Harada

发明人： Nozomu Harada

IPC分类号： H01L21/339 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H01L29/76 ,  H01L29/762 ,  H01L29/772 ,  H01L31/10 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/30

CPC分类号： H04N5/2176 ,  H01L27/14831

摘要： A solid state image-sensing device which comprises an image-sensing area formed of a plurality of matrix-arranged cells exposed to an introduced image light and an optical black connected to a readout section in parallel relationship with the image-sensing area. An image light is prevented from entering the optical black. Only noise charges (dark current charges) sent forth from the optical black are transferred to a control circuit. A gate electrode control signal for eliminating charges whose amount corresponds to that of the noise charges from the total charges collected in the storage regions of the matrix-arranged cells of the image-sensing area is produced by a control circuit. The gate electrode control signal is supplied to a gate electrode positioned between the photosensing section and vertical transfer section of the cells of the image-sensing area. A potential well lying under the gate electrode has its depth controlled by the gate electrode control signal. At first, a charge whose amount is substantially equal to that of a light-generated signal charge stored in the storage region of the image-sensing area is transferred to a vertical transfer section. After elimination of the noise charges, the remaining charges are returned at least once to the photosensing sections of the respective cells to be held in the storage regions of the photosensing sections of the cells for a prescribed length of time.

摘要翻译： 一种固态图像感测装置，其包括由暴露于引入的图像光的多个矩阵排列的单元形成的图像感测区域和连接到与图像感测区域平行关系的读出部分的光学黑色。 防止图像光进入光学黑色。 只有从光学黑色发出的噪声电荷（暗电流）被传送到控制电路。 通过控制电路产生用于消除电荷量的栅极电极控制信号，该电荷的量相当于从图像感测区域的矩阵排列单元的存储区域中收集的总电荷中的噪声电荷的量。 栅电极控制信号被提供给位于感光区的感光部和垂直传送部之间的栅电极。 位于栅极电极下方的势阱的深度受到栅电极控制信号的控制。 首先，其量基本上等于存储在图像感测区域的存储区域中的光产生信号电荷的电荷被传送到垂直传送部分。 在消除噪声电荷之后，剩余电荷至少一次返回到要保持在单元的光敏部分的存储区域中的相应单元的光敏部分预定的时间长度。