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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Kazuki Fujita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Harumichi Mori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryuji Kyushima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Honda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuki Fujita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Harumichi Mori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ryuji Kyushima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Honda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a solid-state imaging device and the like having a structure for capturing a high-resolution image even when any of the reading-out wiring and row selecting wiring is disconnected. A pixel portion Pof the photodetecting section () includes a photodiode PD generating charge of an amount according to an incident light intensity and a reading-out switch SWconnected to the photodiode PD. The pixel portion Poccupies a substantially square region, and most of the region is a region of the photodiode PD. A field-effect transistor serving as the reading-out switch SWis formed in one corner of the region. A channel stopper CS is continuously formed in a region sandwiched by pixel portions. In a region surrounded by any 2×2 pixel portions adjacent to one another, a dummy photodiode PDsurrounded by the channel stopper CS is formed.