Method of selectively manufacturing a solid state imaging device having either a regular or mirror image output

摘要

A solid state imaging device manufacturing process by which a solid state imaging device for a regular image and a solid state imaging device for a mirror image can be manufactured alternatively by a simple operation and a solid state imaging device which allows employment of an existing driving system as a driving system which includes a timing generator are disclosed. In manufacture, a solid state imaging device as an intermediate product is prepared first. The solid state imaging device includes an image section, a horizontal charge transfer section formed from a plurality of transfer electrodes having a fixed number of phases, and a pair of charge detection sections provided at the opposite ends of the horizontal charge transfer section. Then, the transfer electrodes are wired so that signal charge is transferred to one of the first and second charge detection sections in response to a clock signal thereby to complete one of a solid state imaging device for a regular image and another solid state imaging device for a mirror image.