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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2007
Applicants:
Shinjiro Kameda, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Funatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinjiro Kameda, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Funatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes an imaging region having a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, in which the imaging region includes an effective pixel and a black reference pixel; and a shape of a floating diffusion portion in the effective pixel is different from that of a floating diffusion portion in the black reference pixel.