Solid-state imaging device with transport channels between photosensitive elements

A solid-state imaging device comprising:

• a photosensitive element array in which photosensitive element trains are arranged in parallel with a predetermined spacing therebetween, each of said photosensitive element trains being such that a plurality of photosensitive elements at least partially isolated from each other by device isolation regions are arranged in a train form, and each of said photosensitive element trains being comprised of photosensitive elements arranged in a charge transfer direction,
• charge transfer sections each including charge transfer channel layers and a plurality of transfer electrodes thereabove, arranged between said respective photosensitive element trains, and isolated from at least a portion adjacent to said photosensitive element array by said device isolation regions,
• channel regions formed in the regions between said photosensitive elements of each of said trains, each of said channel regions being formed adjacent to two photosensitive elements in one of said trains, in a manner that they are adjacent to said device isolation regions and are connected to said charge transfer channel layers, and
• interconnection layers for connecting the electrodes in phase of said transfer electrodes provided above said device isolation regions and said channel regions,
• wherein by controlling voltages applied to said transfer electrodes and said interconnection layers, each of said channel regions between photosensitive elements is permitted to be used as a charge transport channel for transporting signal charges produced in said photosensitive elements to said charge transfer channel.