Linear image sensor, image reading device, and charge transfer method
US6593968B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/80
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The linear image sensor according to the present invention includes a light receiving a member consisting of at least three light receiving pixel lines 11, 12 and 13; signal charge transfer sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 located on both sides of each of the light receiving pixel lines 11, 12 and 13 of the light receiving a member; and branch transfer sections 33c and 34c which branch from the signal charge transfer sections 33 and 34, which are located on both sides of at least one of the at least three light receiving pixel lines 11, 12 and 13, to extend to reach the signal charge transfer sections 32 and 35 of the adjacent light receiving pixel lines 11 and 13.
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