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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2009
Keita Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Ikuo Fujiwara, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Yagi, Yokohama, JP;
Keita Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideyuki Funaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Ikuo Fujiwara, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Yagi, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate; first pixels laid out above cavities provided within the semiconductor substrate, the first pixels converting thermal energy generated by incident light into an electric signal; supporting parts connected between the first pixels and the semiconductor substrate, the supporting parts supporting the first pixels above the cavities; and second pixels fixedly provided on the semiconductor substrate without via the cavities, wherein a plurality of the first pixels and a plurality of the second pixels are laid out two-dimensionally to form a pixel region, and each of the second pixels is adjacent to the first pixels.