A detector for electromagnetic radiation is disclosed. The detector includes: a first electrode layer including at least one first electrode pixel and a second electrode pixel. A second electrode and a first layer including at least one first perovskite are situated between the at least one first electrode pixel of the first electrode layer and the second electrode. Further, a second layer including at least one second different perovskite, is situated between the second electrode pixel of the first electrode layer and the second electrode. In another embodiment, a detector for electromagnetic radiation is disclosed where a first layer including at least one first perovskite, is situated between the at least one first electrode pixel of the first electrode layer and the second electrode, and between the second electrode pixel of the first electrode layer and the second electrode. A method for the production is also disclosed.

A method for fabricating an image sensor, comprising: providing a receiver substrate comprising a base substrate and an active layer comprising pixels, each pixel comprising a doped region for collecting the electric charges generated in the pixel, the receiver substrate being devoid of metal interconnections, providing a donor substrate comprising a weakened zone limiting a monocrystalline semiconductor layer, bonding the donor substrate to the receiver substrate, detaching the donor substrate along the weakened zone, so as to transfer the semiconductor layer to the receiver substrate, implementing a finishing treatment on the transferred monocrystalline semiconductor layer, the finishing treatment comprising (i) thinning of the transferred monocrystalline semiconductor layer by sacrificial oxidation followed by chemical etching and (ii) smoothing of the transferred monocrystalline semiconductor layer by means of at least one rapid anneal.

A solid-state image sensor including: a first impurity region of a first conductivity type; a plurality of second impurity regions of a second conductivity type disposed in the first impurity region and arranged in a first direction; and a light shielding layer that overlaps the first impurity region and does not overlap the second impurity regions in a plan view, wherein the first impurity region has a first portion between adjacent ones of the second impurity regions, the light shielding layer has a second portion that overlaps the first portion in a plan view, and a length of the second portion in the first direction is smaller than a length of the first portion in the first direction.

A radiation detector includes a photoelectric conversion element array, a scintillator layer converting radiation into light, a resin frame formed on the photoelectric conversion element array, and a protective film covering the scintillator layer. The resin frame has a groove continuous with an outer edge of the protective film. The groove has an overlapping region including a first groove end portion and a second groove end portion partially overlapping in a direction intersecting with an extension direction of the groove.

An imaging apparatus with reduced flare includes an imaging structure including a solid state imaging element (1) and a transparent substrate (2) disposed on the imaging element. The imaging apparatus includes a circuit substrate (7) including a circuit, a spacer (10) including at least one fixing portion (11) that guides the imaging structure to a desired position on the circuit substrate (7) when the imaging structure is mounted on the circuit substrate, and a light absorbing material (13) disposed on at least one side surface of the imaging structure such that that light absorbing material (13) is between the imaging structure and the at least one fixing portion.

A solid-state imaging device includes a first and second pixel regions. In the first pixel region, a photoelectric conversion unit, a floating diffusion region (FD), and a transferring transistor are provided. In the second pixel region, an amplifying transistor, and a resetting transistor are provided. A first element isolation portion is provided in the first pixel region, while a second element isolation portion is provided in the second pixel region. An amount of protrusion of an insulating film into a semiconductor substrate in the first element isolation portion is smaller, than that in the second element isolation portion.

The present disclosure relates to an image sensor, a method of manufacturing the image sensor, and an electronic apparatus where reliability of the image sensor can be further improved. The image sensor includes: a sensor substrate provided with a sensor surface on which a photodiode is arranged in a planar manner; a sealing resin applied to a side of the sensor surface of the sensor substrate; sealing glass bonded to the sensor substrate via the sealing resin; and a reinforcing resin made of a resin material having higher rigidity than the sealing resin and formed on an outer periphery of the sealing resin to bond the sensor substrate and the sealing glass. The sealing resin is formed to have a smaller area than each of the sensor substrate and the sealing glass, so that the reinforcing resin is formed to fill a gap provided on the outer periphery of the sealing resin, the sensor substrate and the sealing glass facing each other through the gap. The present technology can be applied to a CMOS image sensor, for example.

A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die with a conductive layer formed over the first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor die with a side surface and the conductive layer of the first semiconductor die contacting a side surface and the conductive layer of the second semiconductor die. An interconnect, such as a conductive material, is formed across a junction between the conductive layers of the first and second semiconductor die. The conductive layer may extend down the side surface of the first semiconductor die and further down the side surface of the second semiconductor die. An extension of the side surface of the first semiconductor die can interlock with a recess of the side surface of the second semiconductor die. The conductive layer extends over the extension and into the recess.

The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device capable of suppressing flare in a CSP-type solid-state imaging device having a cavityless structure, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. The solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate in which a photoelectric conversion section is formed for each pixel; an on-chip lens formed on a light incident surface side of the semiconductor substrate; a light-transmissive substrate that protects the on-chip lens; and a bonding resin that bonds the light-transmissive substrate and the on-chip lens together. A first surface on the light incident surface side of the light-transmissive substrate is flat, and a second surface opposite to the first surface of the light-transmissive substrate has different thicknesses in a central region facing a pixel region of the semiconductor substrate and an outer peripheral region outside the central region. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CSP-type solid-state imaging device having a cavityless structure or the like.

A metal-dielectric bonding method includes providing a first semiconductor structure including a first semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer, where the first metal layer has a metal bonding surface facing away from the first semiconductor layer; planarizing the metal bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the metal bonding surface; providing a second semiconductor structure including a second semiconductor layer, and a second dielectric layer on the second semiconductor layer, where the second dielectric layer has a dielectric bonding surface facing away from the second semiconductor layer; planarizing the dielectric bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the dielectric bonding surface; and bonding the first semiconductor structure with the second semiconductor structure by bonding the metal bonding surface with the dielectric bonding surface.