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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Terui, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Sugiki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 ; H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 ; H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
An area-isolation type solid-state image pickup device is such that an image pickup area is formed on an element formation surface of a semiconductor chip in a way to correspond to an optical image configuration of a subject, the semiconductor chip serving as an image pickup element, and an element drive circuit area and signal processing circuit area formed on a section other than the image pickup area. By doing so it is possible to fully utilize elements on an element formation surface of a semiconductor chip without ruining the element and hence to improve an efficiency with which a semiconductor device is manufactured.