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公开(公告)号:US20160079297A1
公开(公告)日:2016-03-17
申请号:US14846947
申请日:2015-09-07
Inventor: YOSHIHIRO SATO , YOSHINORI TAKAMI , KOSAKU SAEKI , JUNJI HIRASE
IPC: H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14603 , H01L27/1461 , H01L27/14612 , H01L27/14638 , H01L27/14665
Abstract: An imaging device including a unit pixel cell comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a first conductivity type region of a first conductivity type, a first and second impurity regions of a second conductivity type provided in the first conductivity type region; a photoelectric converter located above the semiconductor substrate; and a first transistor including a gate electrode and at least a part of the second impurity region as a source or a drain. The first impurity region is at least partially located in a surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the photoelectric converter. The second impurity region is electrically connected to the photoelectric converter via the first impurity region and has an impurity concentration lower than that of the first impurity region. The second impurity region at least partially overlaps the gate electrode in a plan view.
Abstract translation: 一种包括单位像素单元的成像装置,包括:半导体衬底,包括第一导电类型的第一导电类型区域,设置在第一导电类型区域中的第二导电类型的第一和第二杂质区域; 位于半导体衬底上方的光电转换器; 以及第一晶体管,其包括栅极电极和至少一部分第二杂质区域作为源极或漏极。 第一杂质区域至少部分地位于半导体衬底的表面中并电连接到光电转换器。 第二杂质区经由第一杂质区与光电转换器电连接,杂质浓度低于第一杂质区的杂质浓度。 第二杂质区域在平面图中至少部分地与栅电极重叠。
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公开(公告)号:US20210273011A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-02
申请号:US17322960
申请日:2021-05-18
Inventor: YOSHIHIRO SATO , YOSHINORI TAKAMI
IPC: H01L27/146
Abstract: An imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into a charge, a first impurity region located in the semiconductor substrate, where the first impurity region accumulates the charge and contains impurities of a first conductivity type, a second impurity region located in the semiconductor substrate, where the second impurity region contains impurities of the first conductivity type and is different from the first impurity region, a third impurity region located in the semiconductor substrate, between the first impurity region and the second impurity region in plan view, where the third impurity region contains impurities of a second conductivity type that differs from the first conductivity type, and a first contact located on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the third impurity region. The first contact includes a semiconductor containing impurities of the second conductivity type.
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公开(公告)号:US20210351212A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-11
申请号:US17232408
申请日:2021-04-16
Inventor: MORIKAZU TSUNO , TAKANORI DOI , YOSHINORI TAKAMI
IPC: H01L27/146
Abstract: An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a counter electrode provided above the photoelectric conversion layer, a pixel electrode that faces the counter electrode with the photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the counter electrode and the pixel electrode, and a contact plug covered with the pixel electrode and connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode includes a first layer and a second layer provided on the first layer in contact with the first layer. A surface of the first layer that is in contact with the second layer has a protrusion that protrudes upward.
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公开(公告)号:US20170264840A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-14
申请号:US15446545
申请日:2017-03-01
Inventor: JUNJI HIRASE , YOSHIHIRO SATO , YOSHINORI TAKAMI , MASAYUKI TAKASE , MASASHI MURAKAMI
IPC: H04N5/361 , H04N5/369 , H04N5/3745 , H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H04N5/361 , H01L27/14612 , H01L27/14636 , H01L27/14643 , H04N5/359 , H04N5/363 , H04N5/3698 , H04N5/3745
Abstract: An imaging device includes a semiconductor layer and a pixel cell. The pixel cell includes an impurity region of a first conductivity type, the impurity region located in the semiconductor layer, a photoelectric converter electrically connected to the impurity region and located above the semiconductor layer, a first transistor having a first gate, a first source and a first drain, one of the first source and the first drain electrically connected to the impurity region, a second transistor having a second gate of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a second source and a second drain, the second transistor including the impurity region as one of the second source and the second drain, the second gate electrically connected to the impurity region, and a third transistor having a third gate, a third source and a third drain, the third gate electrically connected to the photoelectric converter.
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公开(公告)号:US20200083274A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-12
申请号:US16535963
申请日:2019-08-08
Inventor: JUNJI HIRASE , YOSHINORI TAKAMI , YOSHIHIRO SATO
IPC: H01L27/146
Abstract: An imaging device includes: a semiconductor layer including a first region of a first conductivity, a second region of a second conductivity opposite to the first conductivity, and a third region of the second conductivity; a photoelectric converter electrically connected to the first region and converting light into charge; a first transistor including a first source, a first drain, and a first gate above the second region, the first region corresponding to the first source or drain; and a second transistor including a second source, a second drain, and a second gate of the second conductivity above the third region, the first region corresponding to the second source or drain, and the second gate being electrically connected to the first region. The concentration of an impurity of the second conductivity in the third region is higher than that of an impurity of the second conductivity in the second region.
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公开(公告)号:US20190035842A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-31
申请号:US16038896
申请日:2018-07-18
Inventor: JUNJI HIRASE , YOSHINORI TAKAMI , SHOTA YAMADA , YOSHIHIRO SATO , YOSHIAKI SATOU
IPC: H01L27/146 , H01L27/148
CPC classification number: H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14603 , H01L27/14609 , H01L27/1461 , H01L27/14612 , H01L27/1462 , H01L27/14806 , H04N5/3575 , H04N5/363 , H04N5/3745 , H04N5/378
Abstract: An imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface, the semiconductor substrate including: a first layer of a first conductivity type; a second layer of a second conductivity type, the second layer being closer to the surface; and a pixel including: a photoelectric converter configured to convert light into charge; a first diffusion region of the first conductivity type, the first diffusion region facing the first layer via the second layer, configured to store at least a part of the charge; and a second diffusion region being a diffusion region closest to the first diffusion region among diffusion regions of the first conductivity type, the diffusion regions facing the first layer via the second layer. A distance between the second diffusion region and the first layer is equal to or less than 1.5 times a distance between the second diffusion region and the first diffusion region.
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公开(公告)号:US20190027524A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US16033723
申请日:2018-07-12
Inventor: YOSHIHIRO SATO , JUNJI HIRASE , YOSHINORI TAKAMI
IPC: H01L27/146 , H01L27/30
CPC classification number: H01L27/14612 , H01L27/14603 , H01L27/14636 , H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14665 , H01L27/307 , H04N5/378
Abstract: An imaging device includes: a pixel that includes a semiconductor substrate including a first diffusion region containing a first impurity of a first conductivity type, and a second diffusion region containing a second impurity of the first conductivity type, a concentration of the first impurity in the first diffusion region being less than a concentration of the second impurity in the second diffusion region, an area of the first diffusion region being less than an area of the second diffusion region in a plan view, a photoelectric converter configured to convert light into charges, and a first transistor including a source and a drain, the first diffusion region functioning as one of the source and the drain, the second diffusion region functioning as the other of the source and the drain, the first diffusion region being configured to store at least a part of the charges.
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