IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME

• Main Author: SOYA HIDEKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.10.2008
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging element capable of corresponding to various imaging aspects, and to provide an imaging device that uses the imaging element. SOLUTION: The imaging element is configured by a photodiode 11 and a plurality of CCDs 12 for storage as a single pixel unit and is provided with the photodiode 11 and the CCD 12 in a plurality of pixel units. Furthermore, the imaging element is provided with transfer electrodes 21A and 21B, and the transfer electrodes 21A and 21B adjust the speeds A and B and timings T1 and T2 for reading and transferring signal charge of the CCD 12 for storing in each of pixel groups PA and PB. By adjusting the transfer speeds A and B and timings T1 and T2 of the signal charge in each of the pixel groups PA and PB, in this way, adjustment to various speeds and timings in each of the pixel groups PA and PB can be made, and can be made to correspond with various imaging modes. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT