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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Norihiro Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes a photoelectric converter, a charge holding section that is provided on a side of the photoelectric converter opposite to a light entrance side of the photoelectric converter and holds a signal charge generated by the photoelectric converter, and a light shielding section that has a first light shielding surface extending toward the charge holding section from between the charge holding section and the photoelectric converter.