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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshiaki Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a solid-state image device, including a semiconductor substrate, a circuit formed on a first face of the semiconductor substrate, a grid pattern provided on a second face of the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed within the grid pattern and having a shape whose cross-sectional surface area in a plane parallel to a surface of the semiconductor substrate decreases with increasing distance from the semiconductor substrate.