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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiromi Okazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14656 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor layer on which a plurality of pixels are arranged along a light-receiving surface being a main surface of the semiconductor layer, photoelectric conversion units provided for the respective pixels in the semiconductor layer, and a trench element isolation area formed by providing an insulating layer in a trench pattern formed on a light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor layer, the trench element isolation area being provided at a position displaced from a pixel boundary between the pixels.