Patent ID: 8901696
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a substrate electrically isolated from a layer of transfer electrodes, said layer of transfer electrodes being within an insulation film; a peripheral first-layer wire electrically connected to an imaging electrode of the transfer electrodes and to a peripheral electrode of the transfer electrodes, said insulation film being between said substrate and a portion of the peripheral first-layer wire; a peripheral region photoelectric conversion unit within said substrate, a conductivity of the substrate differing from a conductivity of the peripheral region photoelectric conversion unit; a peripheral second-layer wire electrically connected to said peripheral first-layer wire, an electrical isolation film being between a portion of the peripheral second-layer wire and said portion of the peripheral first-layer wire; an optical black opening between said portion of the peripheral first-layer wire and said peripheral region photoelectric conversion unit, said optical black opening physically separating said imaging electrode from said peripheral electrode, wherein a portion of the insulation film is within said optical black opening.