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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Applicant:
Keishi Tachikawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Keishi Tachikawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/062 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Forming an impurity regionand an impurity regionhaving a lower concentration than the impurity regionin a lower layer region of a gate electrode close to the boundary with a signal electron-voltage conversion section of a horizontal CCD outlet makes it possible to smooth a potential distribution at the time of transfer, improve the transfer efficiency, increase the number of saturated electrons and reduce variations in the transfer efficiency and variations in saturation.