Semiconductor devices and method of manufacturing the same

Claim 2

A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first CCD region formed at the surface of said semiconductor substrate, said first CCD region having a first channel region having an end portion, said end portion having a first section and an end section both of which are in said end portion, and an end transfer electrode disposed over said end section and over said first section, said end portion being defined beneath said end transfer electrode; and a second CCD region having a side connected to said first CCD region, said second CCD region having a second channel region directly connected to said end section, said second CCD region including a transfer electrode disposed over said second channel region, and said transfer electrode and said end transfer electrode being adjacent each other in a direction of elongation of said first CCD region; wherein said end section has a different impurity concentration as compared to the first section to make the potential well of said end section deeper than the potential well of said first section.

Claim 3

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said second CCD region comprises a plurality of storage transfer electrodes and barrier transfer electrodes disposed over said second channel region, and the first channel region of said first CCD region connects to a portion of the second channel region beneath one of said transfer electrodes.

Claim 4

A semiconductor device according to claim 2, wherein said end transfer electrode and said storage transfer electrode overlap each other.

Claim 5

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor substrate is p-type and said end section has a n-type impurity concentration which is higher than that of said first section.

Claim 6

A semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein said semiconductor substrate is p-type, and said end section and said second channel region beneath said storage transfer electrode have an n-type impurity density which is higher than that of the first section and the second channel region beneath said barrier transfer electrode.

Claim 7

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the end portion has an overall first width and said end section having said different impurity concentration has a width less than said first width.

Claim 8

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said end section has a rectangular shape.

Claim 9

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said end section has a downwardly sloped potential toward said second CCD region.

Claim 10

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said end section has a portion with said different impurity concentration which has a triangular shape.

Claim 11

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said end section has a portion with said different impurity concentration which has a trapezoidal shape.

Claim 12

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, a length of said end section in said end portion is larger than one-third a length of said end portion so that the end section forms more than one-third of the length of the end portion.

Claim 13

A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said first channel region has a plurality of transfer electrodes including said end transfer electrode and a length of said end transfer electrode is larger than a length of the other transfer electrodes in said plurality of transfer electrodes of said first CCD region.

Claim 14

A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of charge accumulation regions which accumulate electric charges obtained by a photoelectric conversion, and are formed at the surface of said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first CCD regions which transfer said electric charges of said charge accumulation regions, each said first CCD region including a channel region and an end transfer electrode for controlling a potential of a corresponding portion of said channel region; a second CCD region to which said first CCD regions are connected, said second CCD region including transfer electrodes corresponding to channel portions to which said first CCD regions are connected, and said transfer electrodes in said second CCD region and said end transfer electrode being adjacent each other in a direction of elongation of said first CCD region; wherein, said channel region of each said first CCD region has a different channel impurity concentration area corresponding to a latter part of the end transfer electrode directly adjacent said second CCD region as compared to a remainder of said channel region corresponding to said end transfer electrode to make the potential well of said different channel impurity concentration area deeper.

Claim 15

A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of charge accumulation regions which accumulate electric charges obtained by a photoelectric conversion, and are formed at the surface of said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first CCD regions which transfer said electric charges of said charge accumulation regions, each said first CCD region including a channel region and an end transfer electrode for controlling a potential of a corresponding portion of said channel region; a second CCD region to which said first CCD regions are connected, said second CCD region including transfer electrodes corresponding to channel portions to which said first CCD regions are connected, and said transfer electrodes in said second CCD region and said end transfer electrode being adjacent each other in a direction of elongation of said first CCD region; wherein, said channel region of each said first CCD region has a different channel impurity concentration area corresponding to a latter part of the end transfer electrode directly adjacent said second CCD region as compared to a remainder of said channel region corresponding to said end transfer electrode to make the potential well of said different channel impurity concentration area deeper.