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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Maki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Kudoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/113 (2006.01); H04N 5/351 (2011.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2175 (2013.01); H04N 3/1568 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/351 (2013.01); H04N 5/3591 (2013.01); H01L 27/14654 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes an imaging region having a plurality of pixels arranged on a semiconductor substrate, in which each of the pixels includes a photoelectric converting portion and a charge converting portion for converting a charge generated by photoelectric conversion into a pixel signal and blooming is suppressed by controlling a substrate voltage of the semiconductor substrate.