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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2006
Ikuko Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshige Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisanori Ihara, Yokohama, JP;
Nagataka Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuko Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshige Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Yamashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisanori Ihara, Yokohama, JP;
Nagataka Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device includes a semiconductor substrate including a substrate main body having P-type impurities and a first N-type semiconductor layer provided on the substrate main body, an image pickup area including a plurality of photoelectric converters in which the plurality of photoelectric converters include second N-type semiconductor layers, the second N-type semiconductor layers being provided on a surface portion of the first N-type semiconductor layer independently of one another, and a first peripheral circuit area including a first P-type semiconductor layer formed on the first N-type semiconductor layer. The solid-state image pickup device further includes a second peripheral circuit area including a second P-type semiconductor layer formed on the first N-type semiconductor layer and connected to the substrate main body.