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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, JP;
Shunsuke Isono, Toyama, JP;
Tetsuya Ueda, Toyama, JP;
Tetsuo Satake, Toyama, JP;
Takashi Hyakushima, Toyama, JP;
Kenji Taki, Fukui, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a pixel region which includes: pixel plugs formed above and electrically connected to a charge accumulation and diffusion layer, the pixel plugs respectively corresponding to pixels; lower pixel electrodes formed on and electrically connected to the pixel plugs, respectively, the lower pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to the pixels; an organic photoelectric conversion film formed on and electrically connected to the lower pixel electrodes; and an upper pixel electrode formed on and electrically connected to the organic photoelectric conversion film, and in which top surfaces of a global interconnect, a light shielding film, and a first AI pad formed in an uppermost layer of a multilayer interconnect structure disposed in a peripheral region is above a bottom surface of the organic photoelectric conversion film, the peripheral region being peripheral to the pixel region.