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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takuji Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Tatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Tateshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuichiro Itonaga, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes, in a semiconductor substrate, a pixel portion provided with a photoelectric conversion portion, which photoelectrically converts incident light to obtain an electric signal and a peripheral circuit portion disposed on the periphery of the pixel portion, wherein a gate insulating film of aMOS transistor in the peripheral circuit portion is composed of a silicon oxynitride film, a gate insulating film of aMOS transistor in the pixel portion is composed of a silicon oxynitride film, and an oxide film is disposed just above the photoelectric conversion portion in the pixel portion.