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Solid state image pickup apparatus
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Inventors: Takeshita, Kaneyoshi;
Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
In a solid state image pickup apparatus comprising a solid state image pickup device having photodetectors (1), transfer gate areas (6) and vertical transfer portions (2), and being formed such that the photodetectors (1) and the vertical transfer portions (2) are not covered with a light shielding layer (11), and a shutter mechanism provided to the solid state image pickup device; the shutter mechanism is made open and the relationship of P.sub.r .ltoreq.P.sub.t <P.sub.s, where P.sub.s, P.sub.t and P.sub.r are the potentials of the photodetector (1) the transfer gate area (6) and the vertical transfer portion (2), respectively, is held during a light receiving period, the shutter mechanism is shut and the relationship of P.sub.s .ltoreq.P.sub.t <P.sub.r is held during a reading out period, and the shutter mechanism is shut and the relationship of P.sub.t <P.sub.s and P.sub.t <P.sub.r is held during a charge transfer period, thereby to produce an image pickup signal output in response to the signal charge transferred by the vertical transfer portions (2). |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A solid state image pickup apparatus comprising a solid state image pickup device of the interline transfer type which has a photodetector (1) for producing signal charges in response to light received thereon and for storing the signal charges produced therein, a transfer gate area (6) formed adjacent said photodetector (1) for reading out the signal charges stored in the photodetectors (1), and vertical transfer portions (2) formed adjacent said transfer gate area (6) for transferring the signal charges read out from the photodetectors (1), said photodetectors (1), and said transfer portions (2) are free of a light shielding layer (11), a shutter mechanism is provided for the solid state image pickup device, and when the shutter mechanism is opened the relationship P.
sub.
r .
ltoreq.
P.
sub.
t <P.
sub.
s, where P.
sub.
s, P.
sub.
t and P.
sub.
r are the potentials of the photodector (1), the transfer gate area (6) and the transfer portion (2), respectively are maintained during a light receiving period, and when the shutter mechanism is shut the relationship P.
sub.
s .
ltoreq.
P.
sub.
t <P.
sub.
r is maintained during a reading out period, and when the shutter mechanism is shut the relationship of P.
sub.
t <P.
sub.
s and P.
sub.
t <P.
sub.
r is maintained during a charge transfer period, so as to produce an image pickup output signal in response to the signal charges transferred by the transfer portions (2).
2.
A solid state image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said solid state image pickup device of the interline transfer type further has a channel stop area (7) mounted between each two adjacent photodetectors (1), and said channel stop areas (7) and said transfer gate areas (6) are free of the light shielding layer (11).
Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to solid state image pickup apparatus employing a solid state image pickup device which comprises a charge transfer device, and more particularly, is directed to an improved solid state image pickup apparatus employing a solid state image pickup device of the interline transfer type and a shutter mechanism provided to the solid state image pickup device for producing an image pickup signal output representing a still image, in which the light-receiving aperture ratio is substantially increased so that the photo-sensitivity is improved
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