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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadayuki Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatoshi Kameshima, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a first structure having a first substrate, and a pixel region including a plurality of pixels which is formed in the first substrate, outputs pixel signals according to amounts of electric charges generated by photoelectric conversion, and is arrayed in a two-dimensional grid, and a second structure that is stacked on the first structure, and has a second substrate, and a logic circuit and a non-volatile memory that are formed in the second substrate, in which a first protective film having a property of inhibiting entrance of hydrogen is formed on an end surface of a storage element included in the non-volatile memory which end surface is on a side facing the first structure, and a second protective film having the property of inhibiting entrance of hydrogen is formed on a side surface of the storage element.