Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Shigehiro Ikehara

Masahiro Joei

Shuji Manda

Tetsuji Yamaguchi

Shunsuke Maruyama

Suguru Saito

Ryosuke Matsumoto

Yuki Miyanami

Nao Yoshimoto

It is possible to curb noise, color mixing, and the like. An imaging apparatus includes: a semiconductor; a photoelectric conversion unit that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and generates electrical charge in accordance with the amount of received light through photoelectric conversion; an electrical charge holding unit that is disposed on a side closer to a first surface of the semiconductor substrate than the photoelectric conversion unit and holds the electrical charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit; an electrical charge transfer unit that transfers the electrical charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the electrical charge holding unit; a vertical electrode that transmits the electrical charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the electrical charge transfer unit and is disposed in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate, and a first light control unit that is disposed on a side closer to a second surface that is a side opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate than the vertical electrode, is disposed at a position overlapping the vertical electrode in a plan view of the semiconductor substrate from a normal line direction of the first surface, and has a T-shaped section in the depth direction of the substrate. The first light control member includes a first light control portion and a second light control portion extending in mutually intersecting directions in an integrated structure.

Imaging apparatus, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic equipment

A first light receiving element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pixels, a photoelectric converter that is provided as a layer common to the plurality of pixels, and contains a compound semiconductor material, and a first electrode layer that is provided between the plurality of pixels on light incident surface side of the photoelectric converter, and has a light-shielding property.

Light receiving element and electronic apparatus

The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device capable of protecting a photoelectric conversion film with a sealing film that has excellent sealing properties and coverage, a method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. A solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion film formed on the upper side of a semiconductor substrate; and a sealing film that is formed on the upper layer of the photoelectric conversion film and has a lower etching rate than that of silicon oxide. The present technology can be applied to solid-state imaging devices having a photoelectric conversion film on the upper side of a semiconductor substrate, and the like, for example.

Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus capable to protect a photoelectric conversion film

An imaging device according to the disclosure includes: a semiconductor substrate including an effective pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, and a peripheral region provided around the effective pixel region; an organic photoelectric conversion layer provided on side of the semiconductor substrate on which a light receiving surface is disposed; a first sealing layer provided on the semiconductor substrate; a recess provided in the first sealing layer on the effective pixel region; and a light shielding film provided on the first sealing layer on the peripheral region.

Imaging device and electronic apparatus

Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shigehiro Ikehara