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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Takayuki Ezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teruo Hirayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Ezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teruo Hirayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/336 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 29/768 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2006.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device includes a semiconductor substrate within which a pixel comprised of a photodiode and a transistor is formed. The transistor is formed at a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a pn junction portion formed between high concentration regions of the photodiode is provided within the semiconductor substrate and a part of the pn junction portion of the photodiode is extended to a lower portion of the transistor formed at the surface of the semiconductor substrate.