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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taiichiro Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kido, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Mabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuko Ohgishi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14887 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14647 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14656 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes: plural photodiodes formed in different depths in a unit pixel area of a substrate; and plural vertical transistors formed in the depth direction from one face side of the substrate so that gate portions for reading signal charges obtained by photoelectric conversion in the plural photodiodes are formed in depths corresponding to the respective photodiodes.