Patent ID: 8488735
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G01T,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device which comprises a photodetecting section having M×N pixel portions P 1,1 to P M,N two-dimensionally arrayed so as to form a matrix of M rows and N columns, each of the pixel portions P 1,1 to P M,N including a photodiode that generates charge of an amount according to an incident light intensity, and a reading-out switch connected to the photodiode, each of the M and N being an integer not less than 2, wherein the photodiode, included in a pixel portion P wherein the photodetecting section has a channel stopper provided in a region sandwiched by each of the pixel portions P wherein the photodetecting section includes plural first dummy photodiodes arranged around one pixel portion without completely surrounding the one pixel portion, the each first dummy photodiode provided in a region surrounded by any 2×2 pixel portions adjacent to one another of the pixel portions P