Patent ID: 7679116

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion device comprising a semiconductor substrate of a first conduction type, and a photoelectric conversion element having an impurity region of the first conduction type, and a plurality of impurity regions of the second conduction type opposite to the first conduction type, said plurality of second-conduction-type impurity regions including at least a first impurity region, a second impurity region provided between said first impurity region and a surface of said substrate, and a third impurity region provided between said second impurity region and the surface of said substrate, wherein a concentration C 1 corresponding to a peak of the impurity concentration in said first impurity region, a concentration C 2 corresponding to a peak of the impurity concentration in said second impurity region and a concentration C 3 corresponding to a peak of the impurity concentration in said third impurity region satisfy the following relationship: C2<C3<C1.