Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090085070 | Solid-state image pickup device, method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup device, and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device including, a plurality of light receiving units, a transfer channel, a first transfer electrode, a second transfer electrode, first wiring, and second wiring. | 04-02-2009 |
20090243017 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA USING SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a solid state imaging device having a photo-electric conversion portion array and a transfer electrode array, these arrays being provided in parallel to each other, upper surfaces and side wall surfaces of the transfer electrode array being covered with a light-shielding layer, and a transparent layer showing an oxidizing property at the time of film formation, the transparent layer being formed on the photo-electric conversion parts and the light-shielding layer. | 10-01-2009 |
20090263929 | Methods for producing solid-state imaging device and electronic device - A method for producing a solid-state imaging device includes steps of: forming transfer electrodes on a substrate having a plurality of light-sensing portions through a gate insulating layer so that the light-sensing portions are exposed; forming a planarized insulating layer on the substrate to cover the transfer electrodes formed on the substrate; forming openings in the planarized insulating layer so that each of the transfer electrodes is partly exposed out of the planarized insulating layer at a predetermined position; forming a wiring material layer so that the openings are filled with the wiring material layer; forming a resist layer on the wiring material layer; exposing and developing the resist layer so that only the resist layer in a predetermined area covering the openings is left; and patterning the wiring material layer using the exposed and developed resist layer to form connection wirings connected to the transfer electrodes by the openings. | 10-22-2009 |
20100203671 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, one or more wiring interlayer films disposed on or above the semiconductor substrate, and one or more metal wires embedded in the wiring interlayer films. The one or more wiring interlayer films are composed of a diffusion preventing material that prevents the diffusion of the metal wire. | 08-12-2010 |
20110074969 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device, including a pixel, the pixel including: a light receiving section; a charge transfer path; a transfer electrode; a readout gate section; and a readout electrode. | 03-31-2011 |
20110129950 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA USING SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a solid state imaging device having a photo-electric conversion portion array and a transfer electrode array, these arrays being provided in parallel to each other, upper surfaces and side wall surfaces of the transfer electrode array being covered with a light-shielding layer, and a transparent layer showing an oxidizing property at the time of film formation, the transparent layer being formed on the photo-electric conversion parts and the light-shielding layer. | 06-02-2011 |
20130194472 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a solid-state image pickup device including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged. The pixels include an accumulation section accumulating a charge acquired by photoelectric conversion, a plurality of detection sections detecting the charge accumulated in the accumulation section, a connection separation control section controlling connection or separation of the detection sections, an output section outputting a first signal corresponding to a potential of each detection section in a separation state in which the connection separation control section separates the detection sections, or outputting a second signal corresponding to a potential of each detection section in a connection state in which the connection separation control section connects the detection sections, and an output selection section selecting whether to output the first signal from the output section or output the second signal from the output section, based on a value of the first signal. | 08-01-2013 |
20130200479 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array portion in which multiple unit pixels are arranged on a semiconductor substrate, the multiple unit pixels each including a photoelectric conversion portion generating and accumulating a light charge based on a quantity of received light and a charge accumulation portion accumulating the light charge, wherein at least part of an electrode closer to an incidence side on which light enters the unit pixel of the charge accumulation portion, is formed with a metal film functioning as a light blocking film. | 08-08-2013 |
20140014816 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING METHOD - There is provided an imaging element including a contact portion that connects first and second regions accumulating a charge to each other, a first transfer portion that is formed between the first region and the contact portion, and a second transfer portion that is formed between the second region and the contact portion. | 01-16-2014 |
20140131779 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid-state image sensor including a substrate having a photoelectric conversion element disposed therein, the photoelectric conversion element converting an amount of incident light into a charge amount, a memory unit disposed at a side of the photoelectric conversion element, the memory unit receiving the charge amount from the photoelectric conversion element, a first light-shielding section formed at a first side of the memory unit and disposed between the charge accumulation region and the photoelectric conversion element, and a second light-shielding section formed at a second side of the memory unit such that the second side is opposite the first side. | 05-15-2014 |
20150085170 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional array. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into electric charge, and a charge holding element that receives the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element, and transfers the electric charge to a corresponding floating diffusion. The charge holding element further includes a plurality of electrodes. | 03-26-2015 |