Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9369647-B2
Application number	US-201514613002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	Oct 11, 2011
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

A solid-state imaging device including: (a) a semiconductor layer with oppositely facing first and second sides; (b) first and second photoelectric converters between the first and second sides of the semiconductor layer, the first photoelectric converter being between the first side and the second photoelectric converter; and (c) a longitudinal transistor with a gate electrode embedded in the semiconductor layer at the second side, the gate electrode extending to the first photoelectric converter. The first photoelectric converter and the longitudinal transistor overlap.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solid-state imaging device comprising:
a semiconductor layer with oppositely facing first and second sides;
first and second photoelectric converters between the first and second sides of the semiconductor layer, the first photoelectric converter being between the first side and the second photoelectric converter; and
a longitudinal transistor with a gate electrode embedded in the semiconductor layer at the second side, the gate electrode extending to the first photoelectric converter,
wherein,
the first photoelectric converter and the longitudinal transistor overlap.

2. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , further comprising a color filter at the first side of the semiconductor layer, the color filter overlapping the first and second photoelectric converters.

3. The solid-state imaging device of claim 2 , comprising a light shielding layer between the color filter and the semiconductor layer.

4. The solid-state imaging device of claim 2 , wherein the first photoelectric converter converts light of a first color, the second photoelectric converter converts light of a second color different that the first color, and the color filter filters light of a third color different that the first and second colors.

5. The solid-state imaging device of claim 4 , wherein the first photoelectric detector converts light of a blue color, the second photoelectric detector converts light of a blue color, and the color filter filters light of green color.

6. The solid-state imaging device of claim 4 , wherein the first photoelectric detector converts light of a blue color, the second photoelectric detector converts light of a blue color, and the color filter filters light of magenta color.

7. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , further comprising a charge accumulation region in the semiconductor layer.

8. The solid-state imaging device of claim 2 , further comprising a charge accumulation region in the semiconductor layer.

9. The solid-state imaging device of claim 8 , wherein the color filter overlaps the first photoelectric converter and the charge accumulation region.

10. The solid-state imaging device of claim 7 , wherein the gate electrode is between the second photoelectric converter and the charge accumulation region.

11. The solid-state imaging device of claim 10 , wherein a color filter overlaps the first photoelectric converter, the longitudinal transistor and the charge accumulation region.

12. The solid-state imaging device of claim 2 , wherein the color filter is a third photoelectric converter.

13. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , comprising a third photoelectric converter in the semiconductor layer.

14. The solid-state imaging device of claim 13 , wherein the gate electrode is between the first and third photoelectric converters.

15. The solid-state imaging device of claim 2 , wherein the color filter comprises a first color filter region that filters light of a first color and a second color filter region that filters light of a second color different than the first color.

16. The solid-state imaging device of claim 15 , wherein the first color filter region overlaps the first and second photoelectric converters.

17. The solid-state imaging device of claim 16 , wherein the second color filter region overlaps a third photoelectric converter.

18. A solid-state imaging device comprising:
a semiconductor layer with first and second oppositely facing sides;
first and second photoelectric converters between the first and second sides, the first photoelectric converter being between the first side and the second photoelectric converter;
a transistor with a gate electrode extending from the second side to the first photoelectric converter;
a charge accumulation region in the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode being between the second photoelectric converter and the charge accumulation region; and
a third photoelectric converter at the first side of the semiconductor layer.

19. The solid-state imaging device of claim 15 , wherein the first color filter region filters out magenta light and the second color filter filters out green light.

20. A solid-state imaging device comprising:
a semiconductor layer with first and second oppositely facing sides;
first and second photoelectric converters between the first and second sides, the first photoelectric converter being between the first side and the second photoelectric converter;
a transistor with a gate electrode extending from the second side to the first photoelectric converter;
a third photoelectric converter in the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode being between the second photoelectric converter and the third photoelectric converter; and
a color filter at the first side of the semiconductor layer, the color filter having a first color filter region overlapping the first and second photoelectric converters and a second color filter region overlapping the third photoelectric converter.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Tetsuji

Classifications

• H04N25/70

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• H04N25/11

  Arrangement of colour filter arrays [CFA]; Filter mosaics · CPC title

• H04N23/88

  for colour balance, e.g. white-balance circuits or colour temperature control · CPC title

• H04N23/75

  by influencing optical camera components · CPC title

• H04N25/711

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