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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 30/10 (2023.01); H10K 39/32 (2023.01); H10K 85/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 30/10 (2023.02); H10K 39/32 (2023.02); H10K 85/211 (2023.02);
Abstract
An image pickup elementincludes a first electrode, a charge accumulation electrodethat is arranged apart from the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion unitthat contacts the first electrodeand is formed above the charge accumulation electrodevia an insulation layer, and a second electrodeformed on the photoelectric conversion unit. The photoelectric conversion unitincludes, from the second-electrode side, a photoelectric conversion layerA, and an inorganic oxide semiconductor material layerB including InGaSnO, and 0.30≤b/(a+b+c)≤0.50 and b≥c are satisfied.