Image sensor and sensor unit
US7952121B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/803
Abstract
An image sensor includes a charge storage portion for storing and transferring signal charges, a first electrode for forming an electric field storing the signal charges in the charge storage portion, a charge increasing portion for increasing the signal charges stored in the charge storage portion and a second electrode for forming another electric field increasing the signal charges in the charge increasing portion, wherein the quantity of the signal charges storable in the charge storage portion is not less than the quantity of the signal charges storable in the charge increasing portion.
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