Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a solid state imager device in which an electronic shutter function is provided and charges never overflow a light receiving portion even when the light with a high intensity enters thereinto and to provide the driving method thereof. In the solid state imager device and the driving method, an electronic shutter operation is conducted by sweeping out the charges in the light receiving portion by applying a predetermined voltage to a substrate, and the voltage application period is within a horizontal blanking period when an effective exposure period of the electronic shutter exceeds a vertical blanking period and the voltage application period covers an effective horizontal scanning period when the effective exposure period is within the vertical blanking period.

Abstract: A CCD type solid state imaging device is disclosed, in which the overflow drain voltage is generated within the device itself by dividing the drain voltage by a built-in divider. The divider is constituted by first and second resistive layers. The first resistive layer interconnects an input terminal and an overflow drain voltage supply. The second resistive layer interconnects the overflow drain voltage supply and a grounded region formed in the semiconductor substrate. Both or one of the first and second resistive layers are formed by a laser trimming technique for adjustment of the resistance ratio of the first resistive layer to said second resistive layer. As a result, the need for such troublesome voltage adjusting operation as may be otherwise required in the process of manufacturing video cameras or the like is eliminated.

Abstract: A solid state color imaging sensor develops a green color signal and a red color signal in the first line of an odd field, and develops a green color signal and a blue color signal in the second line of the odd field. A first one line (1H) delay circuit is included in a signal processing circuit so as to produce a high frequency component signal of a luminance signal. A second one line (1H) delay circuit is included in the signal processing circuit so as to produce a low frequency component of the luminance signal and the color information signal.