Patent ID: 9391108
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels; and an isolation portion including an insulator and defining a plurality of active regions arranged along a first direction, wherein each of said pixels comprises a photoelectric conversion portion including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a charge storage portion including a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type configured to hold a charge generated by the photoelectric conversion portion, a floating diffusion portion to which a charge of the charge storage portion is transferred, and a first gate electrode extending over the second semiconductor region, the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region of corresponding one of the plurality of pixels are arranged along the first direction in each of the plurality of active regions, and the first semiconductor region extends deeper than the second semiconductor region in a first cross section including the first direction.