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Method for making solid state image sensing device
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1990-06-27
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Granted: 1991-08-20
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Expires: 2010-06-27
Abstract
Abstract In a solid state image sensing device of p-conductivity type well, photo-electro converting region (1) are configurated to have larger area as depth increases, so that excessive electric charges generated in the p-conductivity type well are easily transferred from expanded peripheral parts (7) at the bottom (1b) to channel (3), without being undesirably transferred downward through thin p-conductivity type region 6 to substrate (4), and smear electric charges which has been generated in a thin p-conductivity type well under the photo-electro converting region in the conventional device is suppressed, to effectively decrease the smear phenomenon.
Inventors
- 👤 Takao Kuroda
- 👤 Toshihiro Kuriyama
- 👤 Kenju Horii
- 👤 Hiroyuki Mizuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 03:42
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10F; H10F39/00; H10F39/10; H10F39/12; H10F39/15; H10F39/158; H10F39/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
Method for making a solid state image sensing device comprising the steps of: forming a first layer of a first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate of a second conductivity type which is opposite to said first conductivity type; forming a second layer of said second conductivity type on said first layer; selectively introducing an impurity of said first conductivity type from a surface of said second layer to reach said first layer where it is underlying said second layer, for forming at least two impurity diffused regions of said first conductivity type, resulting in at least one photoelectric converting region which is surrounded by said first layer and two of said impurity diffused regions of said first conductivity type, said selectivity introducing step forming said photoelectric converting region of a shape to have a larger horizontal section at a lower portion than at an upper portion to reduce smearing phenomena; forming at least one charge transfer region on said impurity diffused regions; and forming at least one gate electrode above said impurity diffused regions and said charge transfer region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
Method for making a solid state image sensing device comprising the steps of: forming a first layer of a first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate of a second conductivity type which is opposite to said first conductivity type; forming a second layer of said second conductivity type on said first layer; selectively introducing an impurity of said first conductivity type from a surface of said second layer to reach said first layer where it is underlying said second layer, for forming at least two impurity diffused regions of said first conductivity type, resulting in at least one photoelectric converting region which is surrounded by said first layer and two of said impurity diffused regions of said first conductivity type, said selectivity introducing step forming said photoelectric converting region of a shape to have a larger horizontal section at a lower portion than at an upper portion to reduce smearing phenomena; forming at least one charge transfer region on said impurity diffused regions; and forming at least one gate electrode above said impurity diffused regions and said charge transfer region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
Method for making solid state imaging sensing device in accordance with claim 1, wherein said substrate is of an n-conductivity type, said first layer is of a p-conductivity type and said photo-electro converting region is of n-conductivity type.
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