Patent ID: 7791118
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a first electrode for reading a signal charge from a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel or for transferring the read signal charge, provided on one side of said light-receiving sensor portion; another electrode electrically independent from said first electrode, provided around said light-receiving sensor portion, said another electrode being configured to receive a predetermined voltage signal; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area formed in the center on a surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photoelectric conversion area of said light-receiving sensor portion; and an area containing a lower impurity concentration than that of said second-conductivity-type semiconductor area, formed at an end on a side of said first electrode and at an opposite end on a side of a pixel-separation area, on the surface of said first-conductivity-type semiconductor area, wherein,