Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080210947 | Solid-state imaging device - A solid-state imaging device having an arrangement in which well contact is achieved for each pixel is provided. In the solid-state imaging device, a well contact part is formed in an activation region of a photoelectric conversion portion. The well contact part fixes a well in which the photoelectric conversion portion and transistors of the pixel are provided at a predetermined potential. | 09-04-2008 |
20080230986 | Sheet transporting apparatus and sheet processing apparatus using the same - A sheet transporting apparatus, includes: a sheet transportation path; a predetermined number of transport members disposed in a sheet transportation path; a side position regulating mechanism which regulates a position of a side edge of a sheet in the sheet transportation path, the side position regulating mechanism having a reference member configured to change a sheet regulation position; a base member on which at least the reference member is mounted; a first adjusting mechanism which adjusts a position of the reference member; and a second adjusting mechanism which adjusts a position of a base member. | 09-25-2008 |
20090207291 | Solid-state imaging device, camera, and electronic device - Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes an imaging region including pixels arranged two-dimensionally, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element and a plurality of pixel transistors for reading out signals outputted from the photoelectric conversion element, and wirings formed on stacked layers for driving each of the pixels. A shading part between the pixels is formed by combining first and second wirings selected from the wirings. | 08-20-2009 |
20100110243 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is capable of simplifying the pixel structure to reduce the pixel size and capable of suppressing the variation in the characteristics between the pixels when a plurality of output systems is provided. A unit cell ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100110244 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is capable of simplifying the pixel structure to reduce the pixel size and capable of suppressing the variation in the characteristics between the pixels when a plurality of output systems is provided. A unit cell ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100296854 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A medium transporting device includes: a transporting path; a contacted member that is provided on the transporting path to be movable in a medium width direction orthogonal to a medium transporting direction; a line-up member on the transporting path that lines up a position of the medium by sending the medium transported on the transporting path to the contacted member to bring the end of the medium in the medium width direction into contact with the contacted member; a displacement amount calculation unit that sets on a downstream side of the line-up member in the medium transporting direction, and calculates a misregistration amount of the medium in the medium width direction; and a contacted position control unit that controls a position of the contacted member by moving the contacted member in a direction of reducing the misregistration amount. | 11-25-2010 |
20100302417 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image pickup device includes photoelectric conversion parts formed on an image pickup surface of a substrate, where each photoelectric conversion part generates a signal charge by receiving incident light on a light reception surface thereof, and color filters formed on an image-pickup surface of the substrate, where each color filter allows the incident light to be colored by passing through. The photoelectric conversion parts are aligned in first and second directions and include first to third color filters. A surface on which the first color filter and the second color filter are laminated in the first direction is larger than a surface on which the first color filter and the third color filter are laminated in the second direction. | 12-02-2010 |
20100308386 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Forming a back-illuminated type CMOS image sensor, includes process for formation of a registration mark on the wiring side of a silicon substrate during formation of an active region or a gate electrode. A silicide film using an active region may also be used for the registration mark. Thereafter, the registration mark is read from the back side by use of red light or near infrared rays, and registration of the stepper is accomplished. It is also possible to form a registration mark in a silicon oxide film on the back side (illuminated side) in registry with the registration mark on the wiring side, and to achieve the desired registration by use of the registration mark thus formed. | 12-09-2010 |
20110102620 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is provided, which includes a photodiode having a first conductivity type semiconductor area that is dividedly formed for each pixel; a first conductivity type transfer gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating layer in an area neighboring the photodiode, and transmitting signal charges generated and accumulated in the photodiode; a signal reading unit reading a voltage which corresponds to the signal charge or the signal charge; and an inversion layer induction electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via the gate insulating layer in an area covering a portion or the whole of the photodiode, and composed of a conductor or a semiconductor having a work function. An inversion layer is induced, which is formed by accumulating a second conductivity type carrier on a surface of the inversion layer induction electrode side of the semiconductor area through the inversion layer induction electrode. | 05-05-2011 |
20110128429 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid state imaging device including a semiconductor substrate; at least one light sensing portion with a charge accumulating portion in the semiconductor substrate; and a dielectric layer over an induced layer of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the charge accumulation portion, the induced layer being induced by the dielectric layer | 06-02-2011 |
20110140343 | MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium conveying device includes a first guide member, a second guide member, a conveying member, and a support member. The first guide member guides one face of a medium to be conveyed and opposed to the one face when the medium is conveyed. The second guide member guides the other face of the medium and is opposed to the other face when the medium is conveyed, the second guide member being movable between a close position and an open position. The conveying member is provided in a conveying passage formed by the first guide member and the second guide member being at the close position in order to convey the medium in the conveying passage. The support member keeps the second guide member at the open position and is provided at a position outer than the second guide member in a direction that the medium is conveyed. When the second guide member is at the open position, the medium in the conveying passage is removable from the conveying passage. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142515 | MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium conveying device includes an alignment member, a skew conveying member, and a removal member. The alignment member faces one end of a medium and aligns the medium while contacting with the medium when the medium is conveyed in a first direction. The skew conveying member conveys the medium in a second direction crossing to the first direction so that the one end comes in contact with the alignment member and that includes a drive member and a driven member opposed to the drive member and driven by the drive member. The removal member has a tip end coming in contact with a face of the drive member to remove a deposit on the face. The removal member is placed along a rotation direction of the drive member so that the tip end faces downstream of the rotational direction. | 06-16-2011 |
20110221021 | Solid state image pickup device and method of producing solid state image pickup device - Forming a back-illuminated type CMOS image sensor, includes process for formation of a registration mark on the wiring side of a silicon substrate during formation of an active region or a gate electrode. A silicide film using an active region may also be used for the registration mark. Thereafter, the registration mark is read from the back side by use of red light or near infrared rays, and registration of the stepper is accomplished. It is also possible to form a registration mark in a silicon oxide film on the back side (illuminated side) in registry with the registration mark on the wiring side, and to achieve the desired registration by use of the registration mark thus formed. | 09-15-2011 |
20110285901 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND CAMERA MODULE - A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes an imaging area that includes arrayed pixels having photoelectric converting units and transistor elements; and a peripheral circuit, in which a wiring line in the imaging area that is shifted based on pupil correction amount and a wiring line in the peripheral circuit that is not shifted are connected through a connection expanded portion integrally formed with one or both of the wiring lines. | 11-24-2011 |
20120224090 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes an imaging region including pixels arranged two-dimensionally, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element and a plurality of pixel transistors for reading out signals outputted from the photoelectric conversion element, and wirings formed on stacked layers for driving each of the pixels. A shading part between the pixels is formed by combining first and second wirings selected from the wirings. | 09-06-2012 |
20120248679 | SHEET TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet transport device includes an abutment member that moves downstream in a sheet transport direction and against which a leading end of a sheet that has been transported from upstream in the sheet transport direction abuts; and a transport unit that transports the sheet whose leading end has abutted against the abutment member further downstream. The abutment member moves at least to the transport unit in a state in which the leading end of the sheet abuts against the abutment member, and the abutment member is separated from the leading end of the sheet after the transport unit has started to transport the sheet. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248680 | REVERSING TRANSPORTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORTING DEVICE - A reversing transporting device includes a transport-in path, a first transporting section provided at the transport-in path, a second transporting section provided at the transport-in path, a reversing path connected to the transport-in path, a third transporting section provided at the reversing path, a transport-out path connected to the reversing path, a fourth transporting section provided at the transport-out path, and a fifth transporting section provided at the transport-out path. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251211 | RECORDING-MATERIAL TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RECORDING-MATERIAL TRANSPORT METHOD - A recording-material transport apparatus includes a retracting member that moves at a speed lower than a transport speed of a recording material transported from an upstream side in a transport direction, to a downstream side in the transport direction along a transport path for the recording material, and that retracts from the transport path after a leading end of the recording material contacts with the retracting member, a first transport member that transports the recording material from the upstream side in the transport direction toward the retracting member, and a second transport member that further transports the recording material in contact with the retracting member to the downstream side. After the leading end of the recording material contacts with the retracting member, without being paused, transport of the recording material with the first transport member is continued to deliver the recording material to the second transport member. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251212 | RECORDING-MATERIAL TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RECORDING-MATERIAL TRANSPORT METHOD - A recording-material transport apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a recording material, a detector that detects a position of the recording material in intersecting directions intersecting a transport direction in which the recording material is transported by the transport unit, and a moving member that moves the recording material transported by the transport unit to a predetermined position in a predetermined one of the intersecting directions on the basis of a detection result of the detector. | 10-04-2012 |
20120286388 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Forming a back-illuminated type CMOS image sensor, includes process for formation of a registration mark on the wiring side of a silicon substrate during formation of an active region or a gate electrode. A silicide film using an active region may also be used for the registration mark. Thereafter, the registration mark is read from the back side by use of red light or near infrared rays, and registration of the stepper is accomplished. It is also possible to form a registration mark in a silicon oxide film on the back side (illuminated side) in registry with the registration mark on the wiring side, and to achieve the desired registration by use of the registration mark thus formed. | 11-15-2012 |
20120288309 | SHEET TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet transporting device includes a regulating member is arranged so that an edge of a sheet is abutted against the regulating member while moving toward downstream in a transporting direction of the sheet, and a first transport member that transports the sheet toward the regulating member while moving toward the downstream in the transporting direction, and that pushes the sheet against the regulating member while slipping on a surface of the sheet in a state where the sheet is abutted against the regulating member, wherein the regulating member and the first transport member moving together toward the downstream in the transporting direction. | 11-15-2012 |
20120300261 | RECORDING MATERIAL TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A recording material transporting device includes a transport path along which a recording material is transported, a first transporting unit that includes a first rotating member and a second rotating member being arranged apart from each other in a direction crossing the transport path, the first transporting unit correcting skew of the recording material by rotating the first rotating member and the second rotating member in a different speed, and a second transporting unit that includes a third rotating member and a fourth rotating member being arranged apart from each other in the crossing direction, the second transporting unit correcting skew of the recording material by rotating the third rotating member and the fourth rotating member in a different speed, wherein the third rotating member and the fourth rotating member are arranged between the first rotating member and the second rotating member. | 11-29-2012 |
20120301198 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a feeding unit, a side edge reversal unit, a leading edge reversal unit, and a control unit, wherein, when there is a request for image formation on a bundle of sheets including a special sheet having a special part at an edge so that the edge is not straight and there is a request for image formation on both surfaces of the special sheet, the control unit controls the feeding unit, the image forming unit, the side edge reversal unit, the image forming unit to transport the special sheet having the image of the preceding page formed thereon to the downstream side after the front and back of the sheet are reversed by the leading edge reversal unit. | 11-29-2012 |
20130037900 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging element includes a pixel having a photoelectric conversion section and a side pinning layer. The photoelectric conversion section is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The side pinning layer is formed on a side of the photoelectric conversion section. The side pinning layer is formed by performing ion implantation in a state of a trench being open, the trench being formed in a part on a side of a region in which the photoelectric conversion section is formed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130140442 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging element including: a photoelectric conversion section configured to generate a charge according to received light; and a plurality of active elements configured to perform predetermined operation on the charge generated in the photoelectric conversion section, wherein a part of a gate electrode possessed by one of the active elements has a projection part buried in a substrate in which the photoelectric conversion section is formed. Thus, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of noise, and provide excellent image quality with a smaller area. | 06-06-2013 |
20130171760 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Forming a back-illuminated type CMOS image sensor, includes process for formation of a registration mark on the wiring side of a silicon substrate during formation of an active region or a gate electrode. A silicide film using an active region may also be used for the registration mark. Thereafter, the registration mark is read from the back-side by use of red light or near infrared rays, and registration of the stepper is accomplished. It is also possible to form a registration mark in a silicon oxide film on the back-side (illuminated side) in registry with the registration mark on the wiring side, and to achieve the desired registration by use of the registration mark thus formed. | 07-04-2013 |
20130208162 | DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - Provided is a method of driving a solid-state imaging apparatus including discharging a signal charge from a photoelectric transducer, by turning on a transfer section and turning on a reset section, at a first timing, in a shutter operation for starting an accumulation of the signal charge for the photoelectric transducer while a selection section is turned off, boosting a floating diffusion section, by turning on the transfer section and turning off the reset section, at a second timing which follows the first timing and taking in an electric signal output to an output signal line by a peripheral circuit section, in a state in which the transfer section is turned on, and generating a pixel signal from the taken in signal. | 08-15-2013 |
20130265471 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is capable of simplifying the pixel structure to reduce the pixel size and capable of suppressing the variation in the characteristics between the pixels when a plurality of output systems is provided. A unit cell ( | 10-10-2013 |
20140284665 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array unit in which pixels are arrayed in a two-dimensional manner, each of the pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a floating diffusion configured to accumulate an electric charge from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, wherein the floating diffusion is shared by at least two or more of the photoelectric conversion elements, and wherein one or more of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements include a transfer gate configured to transfer an electric charge between the photoelectric conversion elements that are adjacent. | 09-25-2014 |
20140312451 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging element includes a pixel having a photoelectric conversion section and a side pinning layer. The photoelectric conversion section is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The side pinning layer is formed on a side of the photoelectric conversion section. The side pinning layer is formed by performing ion implantation in a state of a trench being open, the trench being formed in a part on a side of a region in which the photoelectric conversion section is formed. | 10-23-2014 |
20150014921 | TRANSPORTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a transporting device including a transport section that contacts with a material to be transported and that transports the material to be transported, a table on which the material to be transported is placed, a moving member that includes the table provided on an upper surface of the moving member so that an upper surface of the table is higher than the upper surface of the moving member in a vertical direction and moves the material to be transported, which is placed on the table, to a contact position where the material to be transported contacts with the transport section, and a positioning member that contacts with an end portion of the material to be transported in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction in which the material to be transported is transported by the transport section. | 01-15-2015 |
20150041871 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is provided, which includes a photodiode having a first conductivity type semiconductor area that is dividedly formed for each pixel; a first conductivity type transfer gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating layer in an area neighboring the photodiode, and transmitting signal charges generated and accumulated in the photodiode; a signal reading unit reading a voltage which corresponds to the signal charge or the signal charge; and an inversion layer induction electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via the gate insulating layer in an area covering a portion or the whole of the photodiode, and composed of a conductor or a semiconductor having a work function. An inversion layer is induced, which is formed by accumulating a second conductivity type carrier on a surface of the inversion layer induction electrode side of the semiconductor area through the inversion layer induction electrode. | 02-12-2015 |
20150077612 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an imaging apparatus that includes a photoelectric conversion section, a retention section, and first and second gates. The photoelectric conversion section is configured to convert a received light into charge. The retention section is configured to retain the charge provided by the photoelectric conversion section. The first and second gates are provided between the photoelectric conversion section and the retention section, the first and second gates being turned ON for transferring the charge from the photoelectric conversion section to the retention section, and the second gate being turned OFF after the first gate is turned OFF. | 03-19-2015 |