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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Kurata, Kanagawa, JP;

Yusuke Otake, Kanagawa, JP;

Shohei Shimada, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/8067 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a light reception element and an electronic device that make it possible to achieve better performance. Provided is a SPAD element including an avalanche multiplication region provided at a junction surface between an N-type diffusion layer and a P-type diffusion layer provided on a side of a sensor substrate opposite from a light reception surface of the sensor substrate, a hole accumulation layer provided so as to surround a lateral surface and a light reception surface of a well provided in the sensor substrate, a pinning layer provided outside the hole accumulation layer, and an in-pixel trench structure provided in a pixel region, the pinning layer being formed all over an outer peripheral surface of the in-pixel trench structure. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a distance image sensor that performs time-of-flight (ToF)-based distance measurement.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kurata, Kenji. (2026). Light reception element and electronic device (U.S. Patent No. 12557416). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12557416

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