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Element isolation structure of a solid-state pickup device

Granted 2 Dec 2014 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Canon Inc.

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Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi · Examiner: Kevin Parendo · AU 2823 · TC 2800

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Abstract

An N-type semiconductor region and a floating diffusion region are disposed in an active region. A transfer gate electrode for transferring charges from a PD to an FD is disposed on a semiconductor substrate through an insulator. A part of the N-type semiconductor region constituting the PD and a part of the transfer gate electrode are overlapped with each other. A P-type semiconductor region is disposed in the active region. The P-type semiconductor region and the portion overlapped with the transfer gate electrode of the N-type semiconductor region are disposed adjacent to each other in the direction parallel to the interface of the semiconductor substrate and the insulator. The position of the impurity concentration peak of the N-type semiconductor region and the position of the impurity concentration peak of the P-type semiconductor region are different from each other in depth.

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Classifications

3 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H01L27/148
  • H01L27/146
USPC · US Patent Classification
257/225

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related publicationUS 20120199883 A19 Aug 2012

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