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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroshi Yuzurihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Yuzurihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a photoelectric conversion device comprising a photoelectric-conversion section and a peripheral circuit section where signals sent from the photoelectric-conversion section are processed, the both sections being provided on the same semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor compound layer of a high-melting point metal is provided on the source and drain and a gate electrode of an MOS transistor that forms the peripheral circuit section, and the top surface of a semiconductor diffusion layer that serves as a light-receiving part of the photoelectric conversion section is in contact with an insulating layer.