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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Honam Kwon, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Meguro, JP;
Ikuo Fujiwara, Yokohama, JP;
Keita Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Nobusa, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a photo detector includes a plurality of photo detection elements, a plurality of trenches each provided among a plurality of the photo detection elements, and a wiring provided between the two photo detection elements out of the plurality of photo detection elements to electrically connect to the two photo detection elements. The trenches surround the 2·m (m is a positive integer) photo detection elements including the two photo detection elements. And the two photo detection elements are lined in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the metal layer for electrical connection.