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Interlaced solid-state imaging device

US4392158A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 1981
Grant dateJul 5, 1983
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/78
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a solid-state imaging device having a plurality of photodiodes which are arrayed in two dimensions on an identical semiconductor body, a group of horizontal switching elements and a group of vertical switching elements which pick up the photodiodes, and a horizontal scanning circuit and a vertical scanning circuit which impress scanning pulses on the horizontal and vertical switching elements respectively, and having an interlaced scanning mechanism which picks up a plurality of vertical scanning lines by means of interlace switching elements so as to permit horizontal scanning of scanning lines of a plurality of rows; a solid-state imaging device characterized in that said interlaced scanning mechanism includes insulated-gate field effect transistors for recovering voltage levels of the scanning pulses having undergone voltage drops due to the interlace switching elements.

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