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Solid-state image pickup device

US6188094A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 1999
Grant dateFeb 13, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/8063

Abstract

To achieve a high density, high resolution, or size reduction, there is provided a solid-state image pickup device having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements formed in a semiconductor substrate, conductive layers formed on the semiconductor substrate between the neighboring photoelectric conversion elements via an interlayer layer, a first interlayer layer formed on the photoelectric conversion elements and conductive layers, a second interlayer layer formed on the first interlayer layer, and microlenses formed above the photoelectric conversion elements, wherein the refraction index of the first interlayer layer located above the photoelectric conversion elements is different from that of the second interlayer layer.

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