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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/1462 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14683 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured adjacent to one another; and an isolation structure arranged so as to isolate light entering each of light-receiving units of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels, in which the isolation structure is formed so as to have a inclined side wall surface whose cross section is tapered.