Imaging device and method of producing the same

US10312283B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

• Aiko Kato · Suwa, JP
• Shingo Kitamura · Chigasaki, JP
• Takehiro Toyoda · Tokyo, JP
• Hiroaki Naruse · Yokohama, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 3, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F39/8067

Abstract

An imaging device includes a pixel circuit region that includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array therein and a plurality of light guide portions. The imaging device also includes a peripheral circuit region that is positioned at a periphery of the pixel circuit region and includes a peripheral circuit. The imaging device also includes an intermediate region that is positioned between the pixel circuit region and the peripheral circuit region, forms a boundary with the pixel circuit region and the peripheral circuit region, and includes a plurality of dummy light guide portions and a plurality of contacts through which a reference potential of the plurality of pixel circuits is supplied.