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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7397075 | Method and apparatus providing CMOS imager device pixel with transistor having lower threshold voltage than other imager device transistors A transistor of a pixel cell for use in a CMOS imager with a low threshold voltage of about 0.3 V to less than about 0.7 V is disclosed. The transistor is provided with high dosage source and drain regions around the gate electrode and with the halo implanted region... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7345328 | Solid-state image pick-up device of photoelectric converting film lamination type A solid-state image pick-up device of a photoelectric converting film lamination type including a semiconductor substrate and at least three layers of photoelectric converting films each of which is interposed between a common electrode film and pixel electrode film... | 03/18/2008 |
| 6314196 | Fingerprint registering method and fingerprint checking device The present invention can achieve the reliability and simplicity in registering a fingerprint by indicating the quality of a fingerprint image by the number of pseudo minutiae, improve the security of an entrance/exit control system to register a fingerpr... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6111247 | Passivation protection of sensor devices having a color filter on non-sensor portion A sensor device, an imaging system, and a method of forming a sensor device. The sensor device includes an integrated circuit having a sensor portion and non-sensor portion disposed about the periphery of the sensor portion, a passivation layer overlying ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6069350 | Solid state imaging device and method of manufacturing the same In a solid state imaging device having light receiving sections arranged in horizontal and vertical directions with different pitches, an on-chip micro-lens having a focusing efficiency optimized in both horizontal and vertical directions is formed. The s... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6066511 | Manufacturing method for a solid state imaging device A solid-state imaging device Comprising a photosensing portion for performing opto-electric conversion and a light shielding film formed so as not to cover a photosensing surface of the photosensing portion. An overcoat layer formed of a first transparent... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6034366 | Color linear CCD image device and driving method A color linear CCD for a pickup apparatus comprises a photodiode array including a blue-sensing photodiode array formed between a red-sensing photodiode array and a green-sensing photodiode array. A storage area is located beside of the red-sensing photod... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6008843 | Color charge-coupled device A color CCD includes a plurality of photo diodes, a color filter layer for making only light of predetermined wavelength pass through to each photo diode, and a plurality of poly silicon films formed on selected photo diodes. The color filter layer may be... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6002497 | Three-line linear sensor In a three-line linear sensor, a first linear sensor (10) without electronic shutter structure and second and third linear sensors (20), (30) with electronic shutter structures (28), (38) being disposed in an axial symmetry fashion are combined and a line... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5986704 | Solid-state image pickup device, with purposefully displaced color filters, method of manufacturing same and camera incorporating same The displacement amount of a color filter which is displaced with respect to an opening of a light-shielding film along the surface of a substrate increases as the distance from the substantial center of an image pickup region to the opening of the light-... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5900655 | Charge coupled device with stripe layers corresponding to CCD regions A charge coupled device and a method of manufacturing a charged coupled device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of photoelectrical conversion cells formed in the semiconductor substrate in a matrix form, a plurality of vertical charge coupl... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5895943 | Color charge-coupled device A color charge-coupled device is disclosed including plural light detectors corresponding to first to third colors and plural charge transmission regions on a semiconductor substrate; a pad on one side of the substrate excluding a portion where the light ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5889277 | Planar color filter array for CCDs with embedded color filter elements An image sensor and method of making such sensor is described. The sensor includes an integral color filter array, comprising: a semiconductor substrate having an optically planar top surface; a plurality of spaced image pixels formed in the substrate; an... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5751032 | Color linear charge coupled device and method for driving the same A color linear charge coupled device for an image pickup apparatus includes red, green, and blue photo diode arrays. First, second, third and fourth transfer gates formed in the device move signal charges generated at the photo diode arrays toward first, ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5703640 | Color linear image sensor having a reduced distance between photosensor arrays A color linear image sensor apparatus includes a wiring conductor formed of a first level polysilicon film which is provided on a channel stopper in photocell arrays and which is connected to a first transfer gate electrode of a CCD register. The first tr... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5677200 | Color charge-coupled device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a color charge-coupled device is disclosed including the steps of alternately forming a plurality of light detectors corresponding to first to third colors and a plurality of charge transmission regions on a semiconductor substra... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5633203 | Method of making a miniaturized electronic imaging chip from a standard imaging chip A miniaturized electronic imaging chip has stratified layers wherein a base silicon layer has a peripheral edge defining an area and a thickness which allows passage therethrough of most UV, visible and IR light. A pixel layer is formed on the back side o... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5631702 | Color linear image sensor having a reduced distance between photosensor arrays A color linear image sensor apparatus includes a wiring conductor formed of a first level polysilicon film which is provided on a channel stopper in photocell arrays and which is connected to a first transfer gate electrode of a CCD register. The first tr... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5495114 | Miniaturized electronic imaging chip A miniaturized electronic imaging chip has stratified layers wherein a base silicon layer has a peripheral edge defining an area and a thickness which allows passage therethrough of most UV, visible and IR light. A pixel layer is formed on the back side o... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5493143 | Solid color image pickup device In a color CCD camera, a distance between a micro lens and a photodiode is determined dependent on a color light among red, green and blue. Alternative to this structure, a curvature of a micro lens is determined dependent on a color light among red, gree... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5449931 | Charge coupled imaging device having multilayer gate electrode wiring In charge coupled imaging devices, a major portion of the photosensitive surface area is covered by electrodes with which the charge storage and the charge transport in the semiconductor body are controlled. These electrodes are preferably made of polycry... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5436493 | Color imaging charge-coupled array with multiple photosensitive regions A photosensitive apparatus comprises a single crystal structure, wherein different regions of the structure are of different compositions. A first photosensitive region comprises a material adapted to generate electron-hole pairs in an area thereof expose... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5426290 | Color linear image sensing device A color linear image sensing device for scanning and sensing an image in a vertical scanning direction and generating signal charges corresponding to the image. The device comprises at least two arrays of a plurality of sets of color sensors disposed in a... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5424856 | Color image reading apparatus A color image reading apparatus reduces the required capacity of line memory for regenerating image signals by making the reading points of the respective photosensor arrays closer to one another. The color image reading apparatus includes a plurality of ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5378916 | Color imaging charge-coupled array with multiple photosensitive regions A photosensitive apparatus comprises a single crystal structure, wherein different regions of the structure are of different compositions. A first photosensitive region comprises a material adapted to generate electron-hole pairs in an area thereof expose... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5350490 | Forming a color filter on a semiconductor substrate A manufacturing method for color filter comprises steps of forming a flat layer for smoothing over an image sensor having charge coupled devices or bucket brigade device, forming a first color filter layer and a first inter-layer of dye-proof layer on sai... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5340977 | Solid-state image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device, and in particular, a CCD image sensor is capable of color reading, wherein n lines (nࣙ2) of photo diodes disposing a plurality of photodiodes straightly are disposed parallel adjacently to each other, and adjacent n li... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5298771 | Color imaging charge-coupled array with photosensitive layers in potential wells A multi-color imaging charge-coupled array comprises a plurality of photosensitive layers, each sensitive to a specific range of wavelengths as would be found in a full-color image. The various photosensitive layers are separated by boundary layers of hig... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5239412 | Solid image pickup device having microlenses In a solid image pickup device, a plurality of microlenses are provided on a substrate having light receiving portions in opposition to the light receiving portions so that incident light can converge onto the light receiving portions. The microlenses are... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5237190 | Charge-coupled-device color image sensor A charge-coupled-device image sensor includes first, second and third linear array imagers, first, second and third horizontal charge-coupled-devices, first, second and third transfer gates and first and second vertically arranged charge-coupled-devices. ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5210049 | Method of making a solid state image sensor The present invention is directed to a method of making an image sensor having a CCD shift register and at least one photocapacitor wherein features of the shift register and photocapacitor are commonly made and the photocapacitor has a thin plate of cond... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5206530 | Charge transfer device having multiple registers A charge transfer device has a plurality of registers which run parallel to each other and across which electrical charges are transferred. For efficient charge transfer across the registers, the transfer elecrtrode of one register and the transfer electr... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5138416 | Multi-color photosensitive element with heterojunctions A multilayer color photosensitive element made from group III-V alloy semiconductors. Charge is collected from the photosensitive element according to an amount of time it takes for red, green and blue light to travel through the layers. No filters or ext... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5121192 | Solid-state color imaging device A solid state color imaging device includes a plurality of photoreceptor elements aligned vertically and horizontally, with a color separation filter disposed thereover to make each element sensitive to a particular color. A white band filter is provided ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5055921 | Color reading line sensor In a color reading line sensor, there are provided a plurality of sensor arrays each comprising a plurality of sensor elements with color filter elements. These sensor arrays are aligned in a direction normal to a sensor array direction, and the size of a... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5028970 | Image sensor An image sensor for sequentially reading signals from photoelectric converting elements disposed in a matrix and formed on a substrate in which both an image sensor and a photometry sensor are incorporated on the same substrate. The sensor includes a ligh... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5023685 | Quantum-well radiation-interactive device, and methods of radiation detection and modulation Electromagnetic radiation such as, in particular, infrared radiation is detected opto-electronically by means of a superlattice structure forming quantum wells having a single bound state; in the interest of minimizing dark-current, relatively wide barrie... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4985758 | Signal processing system having selected output from plural readout devices A signal processing system has an image pickup device and a plurality of different color filters which generate a plurality of color signals. A memory stores the color signals, and a plurality of readout devices divides the signals from the memory into th... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4979803 | Color filter array for area image sensors A color filter array for an area image sensor comprises a plurality of color filters formed on the sensor which selectively filter different colors of light. Each color filter includes a bottom semi-transparent partially reflected silver layer, a transpar... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4910588 | Image pick-up apparatus with high resolution and anti-bloom characteristics An image pick-up apparatus which has an image pick-up part, a color separating filter arranged in front of the image pick-up part, a driver, a storage part and a read out part. The image pick-up part includes a plurality of horizontal line sensors. The fi... | 03/20/1990 |
