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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akiko Honjo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion units; an element isolation unit that performs element isolation between the plurality of photoelectric conversion units; and a diffusion prevention unit that prevents diffusion of a dark current component generated on an interfacial surface of the element isolation unit to a region surrounding the dark current component generation region.