Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and camera
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Application No.: US14831224Application Date: 2015-08-20
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Publication No.: US09276027B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Akira Okita , Masahiro Kobayashi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2012-008448 20120118
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
An image sensor including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type that is arranged in a substrate, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type that is arranged in the first semiconductor region to form a charge accumulation region. The second semiconductor region includes a plurality of portions arranged in a direction along a surface of the substrate. A potential barrier is formed between the plurality of portions. The second semiconductor region is wholly depleted by expansion of a depletion region from the first semiconductor region to the second semiconductor region. A finally-depleted portion to be finally depleted, of the second semiconductor region, is depleted by the expansion of the depletion region from a portion of the first semiconductor region, located in a lateral direction of the finally-depleted portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150357358A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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