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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Yanagita, Tokyo, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus and a manufacturing method which enables sensitivity of the imaging apparatus using infrared rays to be improved. The imaging apparatus includes a light-receiving element array in which a plurality of light-receiving elements including a compound semiconductor having light-receiving sensitivity in an infrared range are arrayed, a signal processing circuit that processes a signal from the light-receiving element, an upper electrode formed on a light-receiving surface side of the light-receiving element, and a lower electrode that is paired with the upper electrode, in which the light-receiving element array and the signal processing circuit are joined to each other with a film of a predetermined material, the upper electrode and the signal processing circuit are connected to each other through a through-via-hole penetrating a part of the light-receiving element, and the lower electrode is made as an electrode common to the light-receiving elements arrayed in the light-receiving element array.