Patent ID: 11895854
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging device comprising:
at least one first pixel electrode;
at least one second pixel electrode spaced from the at least one first pixel electrode;
a photoelectric converter continuously covering an upper surface of the at least one first pixel electrode and an upper surface of the at least one second pixel electrode, the photoelectric converter including a photoelectric conversion layer;
a first counter electrode located above the photoelectric converter, the first counter electrode facing the at least one first pixel electrode;
a second counter electrode located above the photoelectric converter and electrically separated from the first counter electrode, the second counter electrode facing the at least one second pixel electrode; and
a sealing layer continuously covering an upper surface of the first counter electrode and an upper surface of the second counter electrode, the sealing layer containing an oxide of metal or a nitride of metal, wherein
a first portion of an upper surface of the photoelectric converter in an interelectrode region between the first counter electrode and the second counter electrode in plan view is more depressed than a second portion of the upper surface of the photoelectric converter in an overlap region overlapping the first counter electrode or the second counter electrode in plan view, and
the sealing layer is in contact with the photoelectric converter in the interelectrode region.