公开(公告)号：US20190115378A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16145008

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： AKIO NAKAJUN ,  SHOTA YAMADA

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H01L51/44

Abstract: An imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface; a microlens located above the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; and one or more photoelectric converters located between the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and the microlens, each of the one or more photoelectric converters including a first electrode, a second electrode located closer to the microlens than the first electrode is, and a photoelectric conversion layer that is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and that converts light into electric charges, wherein a focal point of the microlens is located below a lowermost surface of the photoelectric conversion layer of a first photoelectric converter, the first photoelectric converter being located closest to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate among the one or more photoelectric converters.

公开(公告)号：US20210327935A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-21

申请号：US17359715

申请日：2021-06-28

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： AKIO NAKAJUN ,  HIDEYUKI ODAHARA ,  MANABU TSUNODA

IPC: H01L27/146

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a peripheral region that surrounds the pixel region; a resin layer including a first side surface having a first curved surface, and a second side surface located away from the pixel region further than the first side surface, the resin layer being located on the peripheral region; a sealing layer which overlaps with the pixel region and the periphery region in a plan view, and seals the plurality of pixels; and a first light shielding layer which is located between the resin layer and the sealing layer, and overlaps with at least part of the first curved surface in the plan view.

公开(公告)号：US20240186343A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18442157

申请日：2024-02-15

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： JUNJI HIRASE ,  AKIO NAKAJUN ,  YUUKO TOMEKAWA

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/055

CPC classification number: H01L27/14605 ,  H01L27/14618 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/055

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate; an effective pixel region including an effective pixel; a non-effective pixel region that is located around the effective pixel region and that does not include the effective pixel; a photoelectric converter that is located above the semiconductor substrate and that includes a first portion located in the effective pixel region and a second portion located in the non-effective pixel region; a light-shielding film that is located above the second portion of the photoelectric converter and that contains titanium or tantalum; and a functional film that is located on the light-shielding film and that is in contact with the light-shielding film. The functional film has a thickness less than a thickness of the light-shielding film.

公开(公告)号：US20230009806A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17933091

申请日：2022-09-17

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： AKIO NAKAJUN ,  SOGO OTA

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H01L51/44 ,  H01L27/30

Abstract: An imaging device includes a photoelectric converter and a microlens. The microlens is provided above the photoelectric conversion layer. In a cross-section of the imaging device, an upper surface of the microlens forms a contour line in which a first curve projecting upward is connected to a second curve projecting downward at a first inflection point located between the first curve and the second curve. In this cross-section, a curvature radius of the second curve at a lower end of the second curve is larger than a distance in a thickness direction of the microlens from an upper end of the first curve to the first inflection point.

公开(公告)号：US20190237691A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

申请号：US16247698

申请日：2019-01-15

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： SHUNSUKE ISONO ,  AKIO NAKAJUN

IPC: H01L51/42 ,  H01L27/146

Abstract: An imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a pixel region where pixels are arranged and a peripheral region adjacent to the pixel region; an insulating layer that covers the pixel region and the peripheral region; a first electrode that is located on the insulating layer above the pixel region; a photoelectric conversion layer that covers the first electrode; a second electrode that covers the photoelectric conversion layer; and a first layer that covers the second electrode, the first layer being located above the pixel region and the peripheral region. A thickness of the first layer above the peripheral region is larger than a thickness of the first layer above the pixel region. A level of an uppermost surface of the first layer above the peripheral region is higher than a level of an uppermost surface of the first layer above the pixel region.

公开(公告)号：US20230215882A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18183227

申请日：2023-03-14

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： HIDENARI KANEHARA ,  YOSHIHIRO SATO ,  TAKAYOSHI YAMADA ,  AKIO NAKAJUN

IPC: H01L27/146

CPC classification number: H01L27/14605 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/14627

Abstract: An imaging device includes a counter electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer that converts light into a signal charge, a plurality of sets of electrodes each of which collects the signal charge, each of the plurality of sets including a first electrode included in a high-sensitivity pixel and a second electrode included in a low-sensitivity pixel, and an auxiliary electrode which is located, as seen in plan view, between the first electrode and the second electrode in each of the plurality of sets and which is commonly included in the high-sensitivity pixel and the low-sensitivity pixel. The distance between the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode is different from the distance between the second electrode and the auxiliary electrode.

公开(公告)号：US20180350862A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15991676

申请日：2018-05-29

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： AKIO NAKAJUN ,  SANSHIRO SHISHIDO ,  SHUNSUKE ISONO

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H01L27/30

Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel, the pixel including a photoelectric converter which converts light into a signal charge and a charge detection circuit which detects the signal charge. The photoelectric converter includes a photoelectric conversion layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a pixel electrode on the first surface, a first electrode adjacent to the pixel electrode on the first surface, the first electrode being electrically conductive to the photoelectric conversion layer, and a counter electrode on the second surface, the counter electrode facing the pixel electrode and the first electrode. A shortest distance between the pixel electrode and the first electrode in a plan view is smaller than a shortest distance between the pixel electrode and the first electrode.