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Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Shuji Manda, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Okuyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoyuki Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 25/68 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H04N 25/68 (2023.01);
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes two or more pixels. The pixels each include a photoelectric converter, a charge holding section, and a transfer transistor. The charge holding section holds electric charge transferred from the photoelectric converter. The transfer transistor transfers electric charge from the photoelectric converter to the charge holding section. The pixels each further include a light blocking section that is disposed in a layer between the photoelectric converter and the charge holding section. The light blocking section has an opening which a vertical gate runs through. The pixels each further include a charge blocking section that blocks transfer of electric charge to the transfer transistor via a region between an edge, of the opening, closer to the charge holding section and the vertical gate.


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