Patent ID: 7445947
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device in which a large number of photoelectric conversion sections each comprising a first electrode laminated above a substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer are arranged on a same plane above the substrate, wherein: the first electrode is partitioned for each of the large number of photoelectric conversion sections, the second electrode is common to the large number of photoelectric conversion sections, the solid-state imaging device in plan view has a photoelectric conversion region in which the photoelectric conversion sections are formed, and a pad region in which a large number of electrode pads for connecting a power source to the solid-state imaging device are formed, and the large number of electrode pads include a pad for the second electrode that connects the power source to the second electrode, and other electrode pads, the manufacturing method comprising: forming the first electrode above the substrate; forming on the substrate the pad for the second electrode so that at least a portion of the pad for the second electrode is exposed; forming the photoelectric conversion layer on the first electrode via a first mask that covers at least the exposed surface of the pad for the second electrode in regions other than the photoelectric conversion region.