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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2004
Hiroshi Tanaka, Mukou, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Mukou, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a transfer channel for transferring charge generated by photoelectric conversion, an insulating film formed on the transfer channel, and a transfer electrode for applying a transfer voltage to the transfer channel via the insulating film. The insulating film has the first thickness and a second thickness that is thinner than the first thickness. The insulating film has the first thickness below both ends of the transfer electrode in a width direction of the transfer channel that is orthogonal to a charge transfer direction through the transfer channel, and the insulating film has the second thickness on a part including a center of the transfer channel in the width direction.