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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Keisuke Hatano, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes photoelectric conversion portions set in a two-dimensional array; charge readout portions each provided adjacent to each of the photoelectric conversion portions; charge transfer portions each provided adjacent to each of the photoelectric conversion portions; and, charge transfer electrodes spaced apart from each other through a separation portion separated from the opening portion, each of which is also a charge readout electrode, provided with an opening portion over the corresponding one of the photoelectric conversion portions, and formed so as to cover, through an insulation film, the corresponding one of the photoelectric conversion portions, charge readout portions, charge transfer portions, and their peripheral portions.