Abstract: A method for driving a CCD solid-state image sensing device. The method is applied to driving the CCD in order to ensure a sufficiently large charge to be handled. In the method, the driving control is performed such that the length of a control interval, which starts from the point in time when a driving voltage is applied to an electrode terminal having the largest time constant (for example, the electrode having the longest wiring line as viewed from the input side of a driving clock, or the electrode laminated at the lowest layer) is more than the length of the other control intervals subsequent to the control interval. Thus, the influence of delay in the rise time of the driving voltage at the electrode which has the largest time constant is eliminated.

Abstract: A method for driving a CCD solid-state image sensing device. The method is applied to driving the CCD in order to ensure a sufficiently large charge to be handled. In the method, the driving control is performed such that the length of a control interval, which starts from the point in time when a driving voltage is applied to an electrode terminal having the largest time constant (for example, the electrode having the longest wiring line as viewed from the input side of a driving clock, or the electrode laminated at the lowest layer) is more than the length of the other control intervals subsequent to the control interval. Thus, the influence of delay in the rise time of the driving voltage at the electrode which has the largest time constant is eliminated.