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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ayman Tarek Abdelghafar, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/8033 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10F 39/807 (2025.01);
Abstract
An avalanche photodiode has a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, the first semiconductor region being a region where charges having the same polarity as that of signal charges are treated as majority carriers. A separator provided between a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element has a trench structure. A top surface of the trench structure is positioned between a top surface of the second semiconductor region and a bottom surface of the second semiconductor region.