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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masao Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/700 ;
Abstract
A solid state imaging device with a high sensitivity is obtained by introducing an incident light to be incident on a light receiving portion widely. In the solid state imaging device, a layer (,) having a concave lens structure is provided in a portion from a sensor opening to an upper most surface layer and a well-shaped dug structure (,) is provided at a bottom portion of the concave lens structure.