CCD image sensor having reduced photodiode-to-photodiode crosstalk

A CCD image sensor comprising: (a) a first and a second linear arrays of individual imaging photodetectors aligned along a scanning line, each of the imaging photodetectors having a photodetecting aperture of a given width along the scanning line, a light shield having a width substantially equal to the width of the photodetecting aperture being provided between adjacent photodetecting apertures of both the first and second linear arrays so that adjacent photodetecting apertures in the first and second linear arrays are separated by a non-photodetecting area, the second linear array being offset from the first linear array along the scanning line by approximately the width of the photodetecting aperture of the photodetectors such that substantially all the light information applied between adjacent photodetecting apertures of the first linear array is sensed by photodetecting apertures of the second linear array; (b) a first CCD register adjacent to the first linear array for receiving and storing the charge carriers generated by the imaging photodetectors of the first linear array; and (c) a second CCD register adjacent to the second linear array for receiving and storing the charge carriers generated by the imaging photodetectors of the second linear array.