公开(公告)号：US20130105871A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-02

申请号：US13807207

申请日：2011-06-27

申请人： Fumihiro Inui

发明人： Fumihiro Inui

IPC分类号： H01L27/146

CPC分类号： H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14632 ,  H01L27/14634 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/1464

摘要： A purpose of the present invention is to provide a preferable separation structure of wells when a photoelectric conversion unit and a part of a peripheral circuit unit or a pixel circuit are separately formed on separate substrates and electrically connected to each other. To this end, a solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit and a amplification transistor configured to amplify a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; a first substrate on which a plurality of the photoelectric conversion units are disposed; and a second substrate on which a plurality of the amplification transistors are disposed. A well of a first conductivity type provided with a source region and a drain region of the amplification transistor is separated from a well, which is disposed adjacent to the well in at least one direction, of the first conductivity type provided with the source region and the drain region of the amplification transistor.

摘要翻译： 本发明的目的是在光电转换单元和外围电路单元或像素电路的一部分分别形成在分离的基板上并彼此电连接时，提供优选的阱分离结构。 为此，固态成像装置包括多个像素，包括光电转换单元和被配置为放大由光电转换单元产生的信号的放大晶体管; 设置有多个光电转换单元的第一基板; 以及设置有多个放大晶体管的第二基板。 设置有放大晶体管的源极区域和漏极区域的第一导电类型的阱与设置有源极区域的第一导电类型的至少一个方向上与阱相邻设置的阱分离，以及 放大晶体管的漏极区域。

公开(公告)号：US20130099291A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13807065

申请日：2011-06-21

申请人： Mineo Shimotsusa ,  Fumihiro Inui

发明人： Mineo Shimotsusa ,  Fumihiro Inui

IPC分类号： H01L27/146

CPC分类号： H04N5/378 ,  H01L27/14601 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14612 ,  H01L27/14621 ,  H01L27/14623 ,  H01L27/14627 ,  H01L27/1463 ,  H01L27/14632 ,  H01L27/14634 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/1464 ,  H01L27/14641 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/14683

摘要： A solid-state imaging device includes a first and second pixel regions. In the first pixel region, a photoelectric conversion unit, a floating diffusion region (FD), and a transferring transistor are provided. In the second pixel region, an amplifying transistor, and a resetting transistor are provided. A first element isolation portion is provided in the first pixel region, while a second element isolation portion is provided in the second pixel region. An amount of protrusion of an insulating film into a semiconductor substrate in the first element isolation portion is smaller, than that in the second element isolation portion.

公开(公告)号：US08183084B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-22

申请号：US12911844

申请日：2010-10-26

申请人： Tetsuya Itano ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Masanori Ogura

发明人： Tetsuya Itano ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Masanori Ogura

IPC分类号： H01L21/00

CPC分类号： G03F7/70425 ,  G03F7/70466 ,  H01L27/146

摘要： A method of manufacturing a solid state image pickup device having a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion region for converting light into a signal charge, and a plurality of wiring layers including first and second wiring layers. The method includes steps of forming the first wiring layer as a pattern by dividing a desired pattern into a plurality of patterns, connecting the divided patterns, and exposing the plurality of patterns, and forming the second wiring layer as a pattern by batch exposure processing. A connecting position along which the divided patterns are connected is arranged in a pixel area in which the plurality of pixels are arranged. The wiring included in the first wiring layer is formed by a vertical direction wiring arranged in parallel with and not crossing the connecting position in the pixel area, and the wiring included in the second wiring layer is formed by a horizontal direction wiring arranged in parallel with and crossing the connecting position in the pixel area.

摘要翻译： 一种制造具有多个像素的固态图像拾取装置的方法，每个像素都包括用于将光转换为信号电荷的光电转换区域，以及包括第一和第二布线层的多个布线层。 该方法包括以下步骤：通过将期望的图案分成多个图案，连接分割图案和曝光多个图案来形成第一布线层作为图案，并且通过批量曝光处理形成第二布线层作为图案。 连接分割图案的连接位置被布置在多个像素排列的像素区域中。 包括在第一布线层中的布线由垂直方向布线形成，该垂直方向布线与像素区域中的连接位置平行且不相交，并且包括在第二布线层中的布线由与水平方向布线平行布置的水平方向布线形成 并穿过像素区域中的连接位置。

公开(公告)号：US20090174800A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-09

申请号：US12400057

申请日：2009-03-09

申请人： YUICHIRO HATANO ,  Fumihiro Inui

发明人： YUICHIRO HATANO ,  Fumihiro Inui

IPC分类号： H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H01L29/768 ,  H04N5/376

摘要： The present invention provides a solid state image sensor and a camera using such a solid state image sensor, in which all of stage registers of the shift register can be reset efficiently without increasing the number of pads and/or sensor pins. The solid state image sensor comprises a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements 31 arranged in a two-dimensional array, a vertical shift register 503 disposed in a column direction and a horizontal shift register 504 disposed in a row direction and is characterized in that a timing for controlling resetting means for a first stage register of the shift register differs from a timing for controlling a second stage register and subsequent stage registers. Further, as a concrete example, the second stage register and subsequent stage registers are rest by a pulse for driving the shift register and the first stage register is reset by a pulse in which a high level is reached only upon power ON.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种固态图像传感器和使用这种固态图像传感器的照相机，其中可以有效地复位移位寄存器的所有级寄存器，而不增加焊盘和/或传感器引脚的数量。 固态图像传感器包括以二维阵列排列的多个光电转换元件31，沿列方向设置的垂直移位寄存器503和沿行方向设置的水平移位寄存器504，其特征在于， 用于移位寄存器的第一级寄存器的控制复位装置不同于用于控制第二级寄存器和后级级寄存器的定时。 此外，作为具体示例，第二级寄存器和后级寄存器由用于驱动移位寄存器的脉冲置位，并且第一级寄存器由仅在通电时达到高电平的脉冲复位。

公开(公告)号：US20080211952A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-04

申请号：US12061846

申请日：2008-04-03

申请人： Masanori Ogura ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Tetsuya Itano

发明人： Masanori Ogura ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Tetsuya Itano

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/3742 ,  H01L27/14618 ,  H01L2224/48091 ,  H01L2224/49171 ,  H01L2224/73265 ,  H01L2924/13091 ,  H01L2924/00014 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： To suppress an influence exerted on an output video signal due to a high frequency noise from a scanning circuit. In a solid state image pick-up device including horizontal scanning circuits, and a vertical scanning circuit having a lower driving frequency than those of the horizontal scanning circuits which are arranged so as to be adjacent to different side portions of a square chip, pads are arranged at side portions of the chip, except for the side portions on the sides where the horizontal scanning circuits are arranged. The pads include pads through which a voltage or a ground potential is applied to active elements of pixels of a pixel region, pads through which voltages are inputted to amplifiers, and pads through which output signals of the amplifiers are outputted to the outside of the chip.

摘要翻译： 抑制由于来自扫描电路的高频噪声对输出视频信号的影响。 在包括水平扫描电路的固态图像拾取装置和具有比与正方形芯片的不同侧部相邻配置的水平扫描电路的驱动频率低的垂直扫描电路的情况下， 布置在芯片的侧部，除了布置水平扫描电路的侧面上的侧部。 焊盘包括将电压或接地电位施加到像素区域的像素的有源元件的焊盘，将电压输入到放大器的焊盘以及放大器的输出信号通过该焊盘输出到芯片的外部的焊盘 。

公开(公告)号：US06946636B2

公开(公告)日：2005-09-20

申请号：US09790601

申请日：2001-02-23

申请人： Tomoko Eguchi ,  Toru Koizumi ,  Katsuhito Sakurai ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Hiroki Hiyama ,  Masaru Fujimura

发明人： Tomoko Eguchi ,  Toru Koizumi ,  Katsuhito Sakurai ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Hiroki Hiyama ,  Masaru Fujimura

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H01L27/00 ,  H01L31/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/365 ,  H01L27/14609

摘要： In order to reduce the noise in the readout signal, the invention provides an image pickup apparatus comprising a pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit for converting the incident light and accumulating a resulting electrical signal, and a transfer switch reading the electrical signal accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit or a signal based on such electrical signal, and potential control means for maintaining the potential of the signal line higher than that of the photoelectric conversion unit while the photoelectric conversion unit accumulates the electrical signal.

摘要翻译： 为了降低读出信号中的噪声，本发明提供了一种图像拾取装置，包括：像素，包括用于转换入射光并累积所得到的电信号的光电转换单元;以及读取在光电中累积的电信号的转移开关 转换单元或基于这种电信号的信号，以及电位控制装置，用于在光电转换单元累积电信号的同时保持信号线的电位高于光电转换单元的电位。

公开(公告)号：US20050046719A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-03

申请号：US10958056

申请日：2004-10-04

申请人： Fumihiro Inui

发明人： Fumihiro Inui

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/367 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378

CPC分类号： H04N5/3742 ,  H01L27/14643 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/3653

摘要： There is provided an image pickup apparatus comprising two-dimensionally arrayed pixels, a plurality of read-out channels each including a read-out circuit and an amplifier circuit, a parallel-serial conversion circuit which sequentially selects pixel signals output via the plurality of read-out channels and outputs a series of pixel signals, and a clamp unit which clamps the reset level includeda in an output signal from the read-out circuit in order to remove an offset generated in each read-out channel.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种包括二维排列的像素的图像拾取装置，每个包括读出电路和放大器电路的多个读出通道，并行串行转换电路，其顺序地选择经由多个读取的输出的像素信号 并且输出一系列像素信号，以及钳位单元，其将来自读出电路的输出信号中包含的复位电平钳位，以消除在每个读出通道中产生的偏移。

公开(公告)号：US06700813B2

公开(公告)日：2004-03-02

申请号：US10112748

申请日：2002-04-02

申请人： Fumihiro Inui

发明人： Fumihiro Inui

IPC分类号： G11C1100

CPC分类号： G11C11/15

摘要： A magnetic memory includes a plurality of variable resistors arrayed as memory elements in a matrix, a plurality of bit lines each of which is arranged on each row of the matrix and connected to one terminal of each variable resistor belonging to the same row, a read circuit which detects the resistance values of the variable resistors based on currents flowing through the bit lines, and load elements connected to the bit lines independently of and in parallel with the memory elements.

摘要翻译： 磁存储器包括排列成矩阵中的存储元件的多个可变电阻器，多个位线布置在矩阵的每一行上并连接到属于同一行的每个可变电阻器的一个端子，读取 电路，其基于流过位线的电流检测可变电阻器的电阻值，以及与存储元件独立且并行地连接到位线的负载元件。

公开(公告)号：US08952433B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-10

申请号：US13288155

申请日：2011-11-03

申请人： Fumihiro Inui

发明人： Fumihiro Inui

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L27/14612 ,  H01L27/14689

摘要： A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel region and peripheral circuit region arranged on a semiconductor substrate. The pixel region includes pixels. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element and an amplification MOS transistor that outputs a signal corresponding to charges of the photoelectric conversion element to a column signal line. The peripheral circuit region includes a circuit that drives the pixel or processes the signal output to the column signal line. A resistance of a source region of the amplification MOS transistor is lower than a resistance of a drain region of the amplification MOS transistor.

摘要翻译： 固态图像传感器包括布置在半导体衬底上的像素区域和外围电路区域。 像素区域包括像素。 每个像素包括光电转换元件和放大MOS晶体管，其将与光电转换元件的电荷相对应的信号输出到列信号线。 外围电路区域包括驱动像素或处理输出到列信号线的信号的电路。 放大MOS晶体管的源极区域的电阻低于放大MOS晶体管的漏极区域的电阻。

公开(公告)号：US20110045632A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-24

申请号：US12911844

申请日：2010-10-26

申请人： Tetsuya Itano ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Masanori Oqura

发明人： Tetsuya Itano ,  Fumihiro Inui ,  Masanori Oqura

IPC分类号： H01L31/18

CPC分类号： G03F7/70425 ,  G03F7/70466 ,  H01L27/146

摘要： A method of manufacturing a solid state image pickup device having a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion region for converting light into a signal charge, and a plurality of wiring layers including first and second wiring layers. The method includes steps of forming the first wiring layer as a pattern by dividing a desired pattern into a plurality of patterns, connecting the divided patterns, and exposing the plurality of patterns, and forming the second wiring layer as a pattern by batch exposure processing. A connecting position along which the divided patterns are connected is arranged in a pixel area in which the plurality of pixels are arranged. The wiring included in the first wiring layer is formed by a vertical direction wiring arranged in parallel with and not crossing the connecting position in the pixel area, and the wiring included in the second wiring layer is formed by a horizontal direction wiring arranged in parallel with and crossing the connecting position in the pixel area.

摘要翻译： 一种制造具有多个像素的固态图像拾取装置的方法，每个像素都包括用于将光转换为信号电荷的光电转换区域，以及包括第一和第二布线层的多个布线层。 该方法包括以下步骤：通过将期望的图案分成多个图案，连接分割图案和曝光多个图案来形成第一布线层作为图案，并且通过批量曝光处理形成第二布线层作为图案。 连接分割图案的连接位置被布置在多个像素排列的像素区域中。 包括在第一布线层中的布线由垂直方向布线形成，该垂直方向布线与像素区域中的连接位置平行且不相交，并且包括在第二布线层中的布线由与水平方向布线平行布置的水平方向布线形成 并穿过像素区域中的连接位置。