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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2019
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Minari, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging element including a photoelectric conversion layer of a first electrical conductivity type including a plurality of pixel regions, an electrode electrically coupled to the photoelectric conversion layer and provided for each of the pixel regions, a semiconductor layer provided between the electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer and having a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the photoelectric conversion layer, a diffusion part disposed in a vicinity of an edge of the pixel region and including an impurity of a second electrical conductivity type that is diffused from the semiconductor layer across the photoelectric conversion layer, and a non-diffusion part provided inside the diffusion part and not including the impurity of the second electrical conductivity type in the photoelectric conversion layer.