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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2010
Yoshinori Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Eishi Tsutsumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Fujimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Asakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisayo Momose, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Kokubun, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Momo, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Eishi Tsutsumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Fujimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Asakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisayo Momose, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Kokubun, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Momo, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Certain embodiments provide a solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having a first face and a second face that is the opposite side from the first face; a plurality of pixels provided on the first face of the semiconductor substrate, each of the pixels including a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type that converts incident light into signal charges, and stores the signal charges; a readout circuit provided on the second face of the semiconductor substrate to read the signal charges stored in the pixels; an ultrafine metal structure placed at intervals on a face on a side of the semiconductor region, the light being incident on the face; and an insulating layer provided between the ultrafine metal structure and the semiconductor region.