公开(公告)号：US5610435A

公开(公告)日：1997-03-11

申请号：US668369

申请日：1996-06-18

申请人： Hidenori Watanabe ,  Junichi Hoshi ,  Yutaka Yuge ,  Akira Okita ,  Hideshi Kuwabara

发明人： Hidenori Watanabe ,  Junichi Hoshi ,  Yutaka Yuge ,  Akira Okita ,  Hideshi Kuwabara

IPC分类号： H01L21/316 ,  H01L21/331 ,  H01L27/092 ,  H01L29/08 ,  H01L29/73 ,  H01L29/732 ,  H01L27/00 ,  H01L27/08

CPC分类号： H01L27/0927 ,  H01L29/0895 ,  H01L29/66272 ,  H01L29/7311

摘要： A bipolar transistor having a control electrode area of a semiconductor of a first conductive type, and first and second main electrode areas positioned in contact with the control electrode area and composed of a semiconductor of a second conductive type different from the first conductive type, comprises, for the purpose of preventing depletion of the surface of the control electrode area and suppressing or annulating the current generated in the surfacial depletion area, an electrode for controlling the surface state of the control electrode area, positioned, across an insulation film, on the surface of the control electrode area including the vicinity of the junction between the control electrode area and the above-mentioned first main electrode area.

摘要翻译： 具有第一导电类型的半导体的控制电极面积和与控制电极区域接触并由不同于第一导电类型的第二导电类型的半导体构成的第一和第二主电极区域的双极晶体管包括 为了防止控制电极区域的表面的耗尽，并且抑制或排除在表面耗尽区域中产生的电流，用于控制控制电极区域的表面状态的电极跨越绝缘膜定位在 控制电极区域的表面包括控制电极区域和上述第一主电极区域之间的接合点附近。

公开(公告)号：US08610811B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-17

申请号：US13303725

申请日：2011-11-23

申请人： Hiroki Hiyama ,  Katsuhito Sakurai ,  Akira Okita ,  Hideaki Takada

发明人： Hiroki Hiyama ,  Katsuhito Sakurai ,  Akira Okita ,  Hideaki Takada

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/3575 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/3658 ,  H04N5/374

摘要： An image pickup apparatus comprises plural pixels each including a photoelectric converting element; plural capacitors which receive signals from the plural pixels at first terminals; plural clamping switches for setting a second terminal of each of the plural capacitors into a predetermined electric potential; plural first storing units for storing signals from the second terminals of the plural capacitors; plural second storing units for storing the signals from the second terminals of the plural capacitors; a first common output line to which the signals from the plural first storing units are sequentially output; a second common output line to which the signals from the plural second storing units are sequentially output; and a difference circuit for operating a difference between the signal from the first common output line and the signal from the second common output line.

摘要翻译： 图像拾取装置包括多个像素，每个像素包括光电转换元件; 多个电容器，其从第一端子处的多个像素接收信号; 多个钳位开关，用于将所述多个电容器中的每一个的第二端子设定为预定电位; 多个第一存储单元，用于存储来自多个电容器的第二端子的信号; 多个第二存储单元，用于存储来自多个电容器的第二端子的信号; 顺序地输出来自多个第一存储单元的信号的第一公共输出线; 来自多个第二存储单元的信号被顺序地输出到的第二公共输出线; 以及用于操作来自第一公共输出线的信号与来自第二公共输出线的信号之间的差的差分电路。

公开(公告)号：US08553101B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-08

申请号：US13354658

申请日：2012-01-20

申请人： Akira Okita ,  Hiroki Hiyama ,  Masaru Fujimura

发明人： Akira Okita ,  Hiroki Hiyama ,  Masaru Fujimura

IPC分类号： H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/23241 ,  H04N5/23245 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/343 ,  H04N5/3698 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： A solid-state image sensing device comprises a first readout circuit configured to read out a signal from a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a signal holding unit configured to hold the signal read out from the first readout circuit, a second readout circuit configured to read out the signal held in the signal holding unit, and a current control unit configured to control an electric current flowing through at least part of the first readout circuit while the first readout circuit reads out the signal. The current control unit controls an electric current flowing through the at least part of the first readout circuit in a moving image capturing mode to be smaller than an electric current flowing through the at least part of the first readout circuit in a still image capturing mode.

摘要翻译： 一种固态图像感测装置，包括：第一读出电路，被配置为从包括多个像素的像素阵列读出信号;信号保持单元，被配置为保持从第一读出电路读出的信号;第二读出电路， 读取保持在信号保持单元中的信号，以及电流控制单元，被配置为当第一读出电路读出信号时，控制流过第一读出电路的至少一部分的电流。 电流控制单元以静止图像拍摄模式，将运动图像拍摄模式中流过第一读出电路的至少一部分的电流控制为小于流过第一读出电路的至少一部分的电流。

公开(公告)号：US08427567B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-23

申请号：US13188524

申请日：2011-07-22

申请人： Akira Okita ,  Satoshi Suzuki

发明人： Akira Okita ,  Satoshi Suzuki

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/3765 ,  H04N5/374

摘要： An image sensing apparatus comprises a pixel and a driving unit, wherein the driving unit includes a buffer circuit including a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, and letting V3 be a voltage supplied to a gate of the first NMOS transistor to supply a transfer signal for turning off the transfer MOS transistor to the transfer control line, V4 be a voltage supplied to a gate of the first PMOS transistor to supply a transfer signal for turning on the transfer MOS transistor to the transfer control line, Vthp1 be a threshold voltage of the first PMOS transistor, and Vthn1 be a threshold voltage of the first NMOS transistor, (V2+Vthn1)

摘要翻译： 图像感测装置包括像素和驱动单元，其中所述驱动单元包括包括第一PMOS晶体管和第一NMOS晶体管的缓冲电路，并且使V3为提供给所述第一NMOS晶体管的栅极的电压，以提供转移 用于将转移MOS晶体管截止到转移控制线的信号，V4是提供给第一PMOS晶体管的栅极的电压，以将转移MOS晶体管的转移信号提供给转移控制线，Vthp1为阈值电压 并且Vthn1是第一NMOS晶体管的阈值电压（V2 + Vthn1）

公开(公告)号：US20120217603A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-30

申请号：US13153695

申请日：2011-06-06

申请人： Toru Koizumi ,  Akira Okita ,  Masanori Ogura ,  Shin Kikuchi ,  Tetsuya Itano

发明人： Toru Koizumi ,  Akira Okita ,  Masanori Ogura ,  Shin Kikuchi ,  Tetsuya Itano

IPC分类号： H01L31/02

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14625 ,  H01L27/14645 ,  H01L27/14656 ,  H01L27/14806 ,  H04N5/3559 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： A solid state image pickup device which can prevent color mixture by using a layout of a capacitor region provided separately from a floating diffusion region and a camera using such a device are provided. A photodiode region is a rectangular region including a photodiode. A capacitor region includes a carrier holding unit and is arranged on one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region as a region having a side longer than the one side. In a MOS unit region, an output unit region including an output unit having a side longer than the other side which crosses the one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region is arranged on the other side. A gate region and the FD region are arranged between the photodiode region and the capacitor region.

摘要翻译： 提供一种可以通过使用与浮动扩散区域分开设置的电容器区域的布局来防止混色的固态图像拾取装置和使用这种装置的相机。 光电二极管区域是包括光电二极管的矩形区域。 电容器区域包括载体保持单元，并且布置在作为具有比一侧更长的一侧的区域的光电二极管区域的矩形的一侧。 在MOS单元区域中，在另一侧设置包括具有比另一侧长的方向的输出单元的输出单元区域，该另一侧与光电二极管区域的矩形的一侧相交。 栅极区域和FD区域布置在光电二极管区域和电容器区域之间。

公开(公告)号：US08134190B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US12390836

申请日：2009-02-23

申请人： Akira Okita ,  Masanori Ogura ,  Seiichiro Sakai ,  Takanori Watanabe

发明人： Akira Okita ,  Masanori Ogura ,  Seiichiro Sakai ,  Takanori Watanabe

IPC分类号： H01L27/146

CPC分类号： H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/1463 ,  H01L27/14641

摘要： To provide a solid-state image pickup apparatus with little or no difference in the dark currents between adjacent photoelectric conversion elements and providing a high sensitivity and a low dark current even in a high-speed readout operation.A well 302 is formed on a wafer 301, and semiconductor layers 101a, 101b are formed in the well to constitute photodiodes. A well contact 306 is formed between the semiconductor layers 101a, 101b. Element isolation regions 303b, 303a are provided between the well contact and the semiconductor layers, and channel stop layers 307b, 307a are provided under the element isolation regions 303b, 303a. A conductive layer 304 is provided on the element isolation region 303b, and a side wall 308 is provided on a side face of the conductive layer 304. A distance a between an end of the element isolation region 303b and the conductive layer 304, a width b of the side wall 308 and a device isolation width c satisfy a relation c>a≧b.

摘要翻译： 为了提供即使在高速读出操作中，相邻的光电转换元件之间的暗电流几乎或没有差异，并且提供高灵敏度和低暗电流的固态图像拾取装置。 阱302形成在晶片301上，半导体层101a，101b形成在阱中以构成光电二极管。 在半导体层101a，101b之间形成阱接触306。 元件隔离区域303b，303a设置在阱接触件和半导体层之间，并且通道阻挡层307b，307a设置在元件隔离区域303b，303a的下方。 导电层304设置在元件隔离区域303b上，侧壁308设置在导电层304的侧面上。元件隔离区域303b的一端与导电层304之间的距离a，宽度 侧壁308的b和装置隔离宽度c满足关系c>a≥b。

公开(公告)号：US08081250B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-20

申请号：US12820114

申请日：2010-06-21

申请人： Hiroki Hiyama ,  Katsuhito Sakurai ,  Akira Okita ,  Hideaki Takada

发明人： Hiroki Hiyama ,  Katsuhito Sakurai ,  Akira Okita ,  Hideaki Takada

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/3575 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/3658 ,  H04N5/374

摘要： An image pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converting element; a plurality of capacitor which receive signals from the plurality of pixels at first terminals; a plurality of clamping switches for setting a second terminal of each of the plurality of capacitor into a predetermined electric potential; a plurality of first storing units for storing signals from the second terminals of the plurality of capacitor; a plurality of second storing units for storing the signals from the second terminals of the plurality of capacitor; a first common output line to which the signals from the plurality of first storing units are sequentially output; a second common output line to which the signals from the plurality of second storing units are sequentially output; and a difference circuit for operating a difference between the signal from the first common output line and the signal from the second common output line.

摘要翻译： 一种图像拾取装置，包括：多个像素，每个像素包括光电转换元件; 多个电容器，其在第一端子处接收来自所述多个像素的信号; 多个钳位开关，用于将所述多个电容器中的每一个的第二端子设定为预定电位; 多个第一存储单元，用于存储来自多个电容器的第二端子的信号; 多个第二存储单元，用于存储来自多个电容器的第二端子的信号; 顺序地输出来自多个第一存储单元的信号的第一公共输出线; 顺序地输出来自多个第二存储单元的信号的第二公共输出线; 以及用于操作来自第一公共输出线的信号与来自第二公共输出线的信号之间的差的差分电路。

公开(公告)号：US20110157441A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-30

申请号：US13044616

申请日：2011-03-10

申请人： Akira Okita ,  Toru Koizumi ,  Masanori Ogura ,  Shin Kikuchi ,  Tetsuya Itano

发明人： Akira Okita ,  Toru Koizumi ,  Masanori Ogura ,  Shin Kikuchi ,  Tetsuya Itano

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H01L27/146

CPC分类号： H04N5/2173 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H01L27/14641 ,  H04N5/37457

摘要： An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being commonly provided to at least two photoelectric conversion regions, a first and a second transfer units (Tx-MOS1, Tx-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions, respectively, a first and a second carrier accumulating units (Cs1, Cs2) for accumulating the carriers flowing out from the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions through a first and a second fixed potential barriers, respectively, and a third and a fourth transfer units (Cs-MOS1, Cs-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second carrier accumulating units to the amplifying unit, respectively.

摘要翻译： 一种固态图像拾取装置，包括用于通过光电转换产生载流子以累积所生成的载流子的多个光电转换区域（PD1，PD2），用于放大载流子的放大单元，共同提供给至少两个光电转换区域， 分别用于传送累积在第一和第二光电转换区域中的载流子的第一和第二传送单元（Tx-MOS1，Tx-MOS2），用于累积载流子的第一和第二载流子存储单元（Cs1，Cs2） 分别通过第一和第二固定势垒从第一和第二光电转换区域出来;以及第三和第四转移单元（Cs-MOS1，Cs-MOS2），用于传送累积在第一和第二固定势垒中的载流子 载波累积单元分别放大到放大单元。

公开(公告)号：US07872286B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-18

申请号：US11326416

申请日：2006-01-06

申请人： Akira Okita ,  Toru Koizumi ,  Isamu Ueno ,  Katsuhito Sakurai

发明人： Akira Okita ,  Toru Koizumi ,  Isamu Ueno ,  Katsuhito Sakurai

IPC分类号： H01L31/113

CPC分类号： H04N3/155 ,  H01L27/14603 ,  H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/2355 ,  H04N5/35572 ,  H04N5/3591 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An image pickup device, wherein a part of the carriers overflowing from the photoelectric conversion unit for a period of photoelectrically generating and accumulating the carriers may be flowed into the floating diffusion region, and a pixel signal generating unit generating a pixel signal according to the carriers stored in the photoelectric conversion unit and the carriers having overflowed into the floating diffusion region, is provided. The expansion of a dynamic range and the improvement of an image quality can be provided by controlling a ratio of the carriers flowing into the floating diffusion region to the carriers overflowing from such a photoelectric conversion unit at high accuracy.

摘要翻译： 一种图像拾取装置，其中从光电转换单元溢出一段光电产生和累积载流子的载流子的一部分可以流入浮动扩散区域，并且像素信号生成单元根据载流子生成像素信号 存储在光电转换单元中并且已经溢出到浮动扩散区域中的载流子。 动态范围的扩大和图像质量的提高可以通过控制流入浮动扩散区域的载流子与从这种光电转换单元溢出的载流子的比例高精度地提供。

公开(公告)号：US20100221864A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-02

申请号：US12780811

申请日：2010-05-14

申请人： Toru Koizumi ,  Akira Okita ,  Tetsuya Itano ,  Sakae Hashimoto ,  Ryuichi Mishima

发明人： Toru Koizumi ,  Akira Okita ,  Tetsuya Itano ,  Sakae Hashimoto ,  Ryuichi Mishima

IPC分类号： H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14612 ,  H01L27/1462 ,  H01L27/14621 ,  H01L27/14625 ,  H01L27/14627 ,  H01L27/14643

摘要： At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a solid state image sensor including at least one antireflective layer and/or non rectangular shaped wiring layer cross section to reduce dark currents and 1/f noise.

摘要翻译： 至少一个示例性实施例涉及包括至少一个抗反射层和/或非矩形形状的布线层横截面的固态图像传感器，以减少暗电流和1 / f噪声。