Patent ID: 7897930
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: G01T,H01L

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a pixel region, on a substrate, including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel having a photoelectric conversion element that converts light into electric charges and a switching element, wherein the photoelectric conversion element has wherein the switching element has a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode, and transfers, to a signal line, a signal corresponding to the electric charges converted by the photoelectric conversion element, and an electrode which is arranged on a light-incident side of the impurity semiconductor layer and which is either the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer has an opening at least within a region where the semiconductor layer is arranged, and the impurity semiconductor layer has an opening within a region where the opening of the electrode which is arranged on the light-incident side of the impurity semiconductor layer and which is either the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer is arranged.