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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Noboru Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Uemura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Noboru Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Uemura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CCD image sensor includes a photo-diode region segmented by an element separation region; and a CCD register connected with the photo-diode region through a transfer gate. The photo-diode region includes a plurality of tapered portions, and each of the plurality of tapered portions is formed to become wider in a direction of the transfer gate.