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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroaki Naruse, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Togo, Kawasaki, JP;
Masatsugu Itahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14638 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate on which a photoelectric conversion element and a transistor are arranged and a plurality of wiring layers including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer above the first wiring layer, in which a connection between the semiconductor substrate and any of the plurality of wiring layers, between a gate electrode of the transistor and any of the plurality of wiring layers, or between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer, has a stacked contact structure.