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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tsutomu Imoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Mabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, 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 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14654 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 27/14812 (2013.01); H01L 27/14656 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging device that includes photovoltaic type pixels that have photoelectric conversion regions generating photovoltaic power for each pixel depending on irradiation light; and an element isolation region that is provided between the photoelectric conversion regions of adjacent pixels and in a state of substantially surrounding the photoelectric conversion region.