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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Hiroshi Inada, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Iguchi, Osaka, JP;
Youichi Nagai, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Mori, Osaka, JP;
Kouhei Miura, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Inada, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Iguchi, Osaka, JP;
Youichi Nagai, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Mori, Osaka, JP;
Kouhei Miura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14618 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/1469 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73265 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides an image pickup device used to capture an image of an object by receiving light in a near infrared region reflected from the object. The image pickup device includes semiconductor light-receiving elements each having a light-receiving layer with a band gap wavelength of 1.65 to 3.0 μm.