IP Library Granted Patent US 10,840,289
Granted Patent B2
US 10,840,289 · App. 16/342,314 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Solid-state image pickup element, method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup element, and electronic apparatus

Inventor: Shinichiro Noudo (Kumamoto, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H01L27/14645H01L21/76H01L27/146H01L27/1463H01L27/14605H01L27/14683H01L27/14689H01L31/10H04N5/369H01L27/14621H01L27/14623H01L27/14627
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Patent No.
US 10,840,289
App. No.
16/342,314
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To solve at least one of various problems in an image sensor in a 2PD scheme. A solid-state image pickup element includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element formed on a silicon substrate, in which some pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a first-type separating region extending in a plate shape in a direction along a thickness direction of the silicon substrate, and other pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a second-type separating region formed with a material different from a material of the first-type separating region, the second-type separating region extending in a plate shape in the direction along the thickness direction of the silicon substrate.

Claims (23)

1. A solid-state image pickup element comprising:

a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element formed on a silicon substrate,

wherein some pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a first-type separating region extending in a plate shape in a direction along a thickness direction of the silicon substrate,

wherein other pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a second-type separating region formed with a material different from a material of the first-type separating region, the second-type separating region extending in a plate shape in the direction along the thickness direction of the silicon substrate,

wherein the plurality of pixels includes a combination of a red pixel, a blue pixel, and a green pixel,

wherein the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the second-type separating region include the blue pixel, and

wherein the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the first-type separating region include the red pixel and the green pixel.

2. A solid-state image pickup element comprising:

a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element formed on a silicon substrate,

wherein some pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a first-type separating region extending in a plate shape in a direction along a thickness direction of the silicon substrate,

wherein other pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a second-type separating region formed with a material different from a material of the first-type separating region, the second-type separating region extending in a plate shape in the direction along the thickness direction of the silicon substrate, and

wherein the second-type separating region having the plate shape comprises a silicon dioxide film, the second-type separating region having a plate thickness equal to or less than a wavelength of blue light.

3. The solid-state image pickup element according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of pixels includes a combination of a red pixel, a blue pixel, and a green pixel,

the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the second-type separating region, include the blue pixel, and

the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the first-type separating region, include the red pixel and the green pixel.

4. The solid-state image pickup element according to claim 2 , wherein the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the first-type separating region are different in color from the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the second-type separating region.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a solid-state image pickup element that includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element formed on a silicon substrate,

wherein some pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a first-type separating region extending in a plate shape in a direction along a thickness direction of the silicon substrate,

wherein other pixels in the plurality of pixels each have the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by a second-type separating region formed with a material different from a material of the first-type separating region, the second-type separating region extending in a plate shape in the direction along the thickness direction of the silicon substrate,

wherein the plurality of pixels includes a combination of a red pixel, a blue pixel, and a green pixel,

wherein the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the second-type separating region include the blue pixel, and

wherein the pixels each having the photoelectric conversion element partitioned by the first-type separating region include the red pixel and the green pixel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2019
From: NOUDO, SHINICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050315/0164 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-211195 · Oct 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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