IP Library Granted Patent US 11,088,195
Granted Patent B2
US 11,088,195 · App. 16/941,105 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

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 11,088,195
App. No.
16/941,105
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
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 (42)

1. A light detecting device, comprising:

first, second, third, and fourth pixels disposed adjacent to each other in a plan view,

wherein the first pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a first separation region,

wherein the second pixel includes a second photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a second separation region,

wherein the third pixel includes a third photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a third separation region,

wherein the fourth pixel includes a fourth photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a fourth separation region,

wherein a material of the first separation region is different from a material of the second separation region,

wherein a material of the third separation region is a same material as a material of the second separation region, and

wherein the first separation region includes an impurity ion implanted region.

2. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second separation region includes a silicon oxide film, and wherein the third separation region includes a silicon oxide film.

3. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the fourth separation region has a cross shape.

4. The light detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel is a red pixel.

5. A light detecting device, comprising:

first, second, third, and fourth pixels disposed adjacent to each other in a plan view,

wherein the first pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a first separation region,

wherein the second pixel includes a second photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a second separation region,

wherein the third pixel includes a third photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a third separation region,

wherein the fourth pixel includes a fourth photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a fourth separation region,

wherein a material of the first separation region is different from a material of the second separation region, and

wherein the first pixel is a red pixel.

6. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein a material of the third separation region is a same material as a material of the second separation region.

7. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the first separation region includes an impurity ion implanted region.

8. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the second separation region includes a silicon oxide film.

9. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein a material of the second, third, and fourth separation regions are the same.

10. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the second and third pixels are green pixels.

11. The light detecting device according to claim 10 , wherein the fourth pixel is a blue pixel.

12. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the second separation region includes a silicon oxide film, and wherein the third separation region includes a silicon oxide film.

13. The light detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein, in the plan view, the fourth separation region has a cross shape.

14. The light detecting device according to claim 13 , wherein the second and third pixels are green pixels.

15. A light detecting device, comprising:

first, second, third, and fourth pixels disposed adjacent to each other in a plan view,

wherein the first pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a first separation region,

wherein the second pixel includes a second photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a second separation region,

wherein the third pixel includes a third photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a third separation region,

wherein the fourth pixel includes a fourth photoelectric conversion region partitioned by a fourth separation region,

wherein a material of the first separation region is different from a material of the second separation region, and

wherein, in the plan view, the fourth separation region has a cross shape.

16. The light detecting device according to claim 15 , wherein a material of the third separation region is a same material as a material of the second separation region.

17. The light detecting device according to claim 15 , wherein the first separation region includes an impurity ion implanted region.

18. The light detecting device according to claim 15 , wherein the second separation region includes a silicon oxide film.

19. The light detecting device according to claim 15 , wherein the second separation region includes a silicon oxide film, and wherein the third separation region includes a silicon oxide film.

20. The light detecting device according to claim 15 , wherein a material of the second, third, and fourth separation regions are the same.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2020
From: NOUDO, SHINICHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053398/0531 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-211195 · Oct 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16342314
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