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US 10,872,919 · App. 16/069,448 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Masaaki Takizawa (Kanagawa, JP); Yasushi Tateshita (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Toyoshima (Kanagawa, JP); Takuya Toyofuku (Kanagawa, JP); Yorito Sakano (Kanagawa, JP); Motonobu Torii (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H01L27/1463H01L21/76H01L27/146H01L27/1464H01L27/14605H01L27/14607H01L27/14614H01L27/14623H01L27/14627H01L27/14641H01L27/14643H01L27/14689H04N5/359H04N5/3559H04N5/35563H04N5/3696H04N5/37452H04N5/341H04N5/353H04N5/378
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Patent No.
US 10,872,919
App. No.
16/069,448
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that include a charge storage unit. The charge storage unit is formed by a method in which a hole is bored in a substrate, a diffusion layer is formed in a surface of the hole, and an insulating film and an upper electrode are formed so as to fill the hole. The charge storage unit is formed by a method in which a hole is bored in a substrate, a diffusion layer is formed in a half (one side) of a surface of the hole, and an insulating film and an upper electrode are formed so as to the hole.

Claims (34)

1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising:

a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels; and

a circuit configured to control an operation of the plurality of unit pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of unit pixels includes:

a photodiode configured to generate a charge;

a trench capacitor configured to store the charge generated by the photodiode; and

a reverse-side deep trench isolation (RDTI) joined to the trench capacitor,

wherein the RDTI is adjacent to the trench capacitor.

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

the trench capacitor is between the photodiode of a first unit pixel of the plurality of unit pixels and the photodiode of a second unit pixel of the plurality of unit pixels, and

the first unit pixel is adjacent to the second unit pixel.

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

each of the plurality of unit pixels further includes a plurality of photodiodes,

the trench capacitor is one of between the plurality of photodiodes or between a first photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes of a first unit pixel of the plurality of unit pixels and a second photodiode of the plurality of photodiodes of a second unit pixel of the plurality of unit pixels, and

the first unit pixel is adjacent to the second unit pixel.

4. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the trench capacitor penetrates a substrate.

5. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

a potential of one end of the trench capacitor is one of a ground potential, a power-supply potential, or a specific potential.

6. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein

the potential of the one end of the trench capacitor is set at a first potential at a storing time of the photodiode,

the potential of the one end of the trench capacitor is set at a second potential at a reading time of the photodiode, and

the first potential is different from the second potential.

7. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the solid-state imaging device is of a backside-illuminated type.

8. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a solid-state imaging device including:

a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels; and

a circuit configured to control an operation of the plurality of unit pixels, wherein

each of the plurality of unit pixels includes:

a photodiode configured to generate a charge;

a trench capacitor configured to store the charge generated by the photodiode; and

a reverse-side deep trench isolation (RDTI) joined to the trench capacitor,

 wherein the RDTI is adjacent to the trench capacitor;

a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging device; and

an optical system configured to provide incident light to the solid-state imaging device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2018
From: TAKIZAWA, MASAAKI; TATESHITA, YASUSHI; TOYOSHIMA, TAKAHIRO; TOYOFUKU, TAKUYA; SAKANO, YORITO; TORII, MOTONOBU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046323/0586 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-016548 · Jan 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190019820A1 · Jan 17, 2019
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