IP Library Granted Patent US 8,975,667
Granted Patent B2
US 8,975,667 · App. 13/618,765 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Solid-state imaging device, electronic equipment and manufacturing method of the solid-state imaging device

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Patent No.
US 8,975,667
App. No.
13/618,765
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device including, active elements configured to handle the charge captured in a photoreceiving region, an element isolation region configured to isolate regions of the active element, a first impurity region configured to surround the element isolation region, and a second impurity region including an impurity region lower in impurity concentration than the first impurity region, the second impurity region being provided between the first impurity region and active elements.

Claims (24)

1. A solid-state imaging device comprising:

active elements configured to handle charges captured in a photoreceiving region, wherein at least one of the active elements is a transistor;

an element isolation region configured to isolate the active elements;

a first impurity region surrounding the element isolation region;

a second impurity region between the first impurity region and the active elements and having an impurity concentration lower than that of the first impurity region; and

a third impurity region surrounding at least one of a source and a drain of the transistor, wherein the first impurity region separates the element isolation region from at least the second impurity region and the third impurity region.

2. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , wherein

one of the active elements is a transistor adjacent to a doped section configured to convert the charge captured in the photoreceiving region to a voltage.

3. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , wherein

the active elements are transistors adjacent to the photoreceiving region.

4. Electronic equipment comprising:

a solid-state imaging device configured to output an electric signal according to the amount of light received; and

a signal processor configured to process the electric signal output from the solid-state imaging device, the solid-state imaging device including:

active elements configured to handle charges captured in a photoreceiving region, wherein at least one of the active elements is a transistor;

an element isolation region configured to isolate the active elements;

a first impurity region surrounding the element isolation region;

a second impurity region between the first impurity region and the active elements and having an impurity concentration lower than that of the first impurity region; and

a third impurity region surrounding at least one of a source and a drain of the transistor, wherein the first impurity region separates the element isolation region from at least the second impurity region and the third impurity region.

5. The electronic equipment of claim 4 , wherein

one of the active elements is a transistor adjacent to a doped section configured to convert the charge captured in the photoreceiving region to a voltage.

6. The electronic equipment of claim 4 , wherein

the active elements are transistors adjacent to the photoreceiving region.

7. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the element isolation region is spaced apart from the second impurity region and the third impurity region.

8. The electronic equipment of claim 4 , wherein the element isolation region is spaced apart from the second impurity region and the third impurity region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040419/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2012
From: HANEY, PAUL JEFFREY; GORDON, JEFFERY JAMES FRANK; METZ, BRENDAN GEORGE; HAGHDOOST, NAVID R.
To: PIERCE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 028964/0083 →