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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinori Muramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nagata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/100 ;
Abstract
A MOS type image sensor including a plurality of pixel array sections each including, as interconnects traversing the pixel array section, a signal reset line and a row selection line stacked with each other and sandwiching a dielectric film. In the image sensor, the areas of the signal reset line and the row selection line occupied in the pixel section can be reduced to consequently increase the area of the light-receiving section occupied in the pixel section, thereby increasing the sensitivity to light.