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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2002
Yukinobu Sugiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Haruyoshi Toyoda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Naohisa Mukozaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Seiichiro Mizuno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yukinobu Sugiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Haruyoshi Toyoda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Naohisa Mukozaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Seiichiro Mizuno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A photosensitive region includes a semiconductor substratemade of a P-type semiconductor, and N-type semiconductor regionsandformed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. Accordingly, each photosensitive portion includes a portion of the semiconductor substrateand a pair of the regionsand, thus configuring a photodiode. Each of the regionsandis in a shape of an approximate triangle, and is formed so that one side of the regionsis adjacent to one side of the region, and vice versa, in one pixel. A first wireis for electrically connecting the regionson one side in each pixel across a first direction, and is provided extending in the first direction between the pixels. The second wireis for electrically connecting the regionson the other side in each pixel across a second direction, and is provided extending in the second direction between the pixels.