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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Ohkubo, Kumamoto, JP;
Suzunori Endo, Kumamoto, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14667 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 27/14893 (2013.01); H01L 27/307 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion element converting incident light into a charge and a charge retaining section temporarily retaining the charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion element and a light shielding section having an embedded section extending in at least a region between the photoelectric conversion element and the charge retaining section of the semiconductor substrate.