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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1980
Masakazu Aoki, Hachioji, JP;
Iwao Takemoto, Kodaira, JP;
Masaharu Kubo, Hachioji, JP;
Ryuichi Izawa, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a solid-state imaging device having in one major surface region of a monolithic semiconductor body, photodiodes which are arrayed in two dimensions, vertical switching MOS transistors and horizontal switching MOS transistors which address the photodiodes, MOS transistors which constitute vertical and horizontal scanning circuits for turning 'on' and 'off' the switching MOS transistors, and MOS transistors which constitute other peripheral circuitry, the photodiodes being constructed of source regions of the vertical switching MOS transistors and the semiconductor body; a solid-state imaging device characterized in that among source and drain regions of the various MOS transistors, the source regions of the vertical switching MOS transistors are lower in the surface impurity concentration and deeper in the junction depth than the other source and drain regions.