Photo sensor and method for forming the same

A method for forming a semiconductor photosensitive element comprising the steps of:

• (A) forming, on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, a high concentration impurity region of the second conductivity type and an element isolation region of the first conductivity type;
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• (B) forming, on the semiconductor substrate and high concentration impurity region, a first semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type and then forming a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type to the first semiconductor layer on said high concentration impurity region, thereby to form;
• (a) a first photosensitive region composed of said high concentration impurity region formed on said semiconductor substrate, photoelectric conversion layer consisting of the first semiconductor layer formed on said impurity region and a second semiconductor layer formed on said photoelectric conversion layer;
• and (b) a second photosensitive region formed of the photoelectric conversion layer consisting of the first semiconductor layer formed on said semiconductor substrate.

A method for forming a semiconductor device comprising steps of:

• (A) forming, on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, a first high concentration impurity region of the first conductivity type, an element isolation layer and second high concentration impurity region of the second conductivity type;
• (B) a semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type on said semiconductor substrate, first and second high concentration impurity regions, thereby to form;
• (a) a first photosensitive region formed of said first high concentration impurity region formed on said semiconductor substrate and the photoelectric conversion layer consisting of said semiconductor layer formed on said impurity region;
• and (b) a second photosensitive region formed of the photoelectric conversion layer consisting of said semiconductor layer formed on said semiconductor substrate;
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• (C) forming a semiconductor element on a semiconductor layer above said second high concentration impurity region.

A method for forming a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:

• (A) forming, on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, a first high concentration impurity region and a second high concentration impurity region of the second conductivity type and an element isolation region of the first conductivity type;
• (B) forming a first semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate and first and second high concentration impurity regions to form a second photosensitive region formed of the photoelectric conversion layer consisting of the first semiconductor layer formed on said semiconductor substrate;
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• (C) forming a semiconductor element to the first semiconductor layer on the second high concentration impurity region and also forming a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type to the first semiconductor layer on the first high concentration impurity region to form a first photosensitive region formed of the photoelectric conversion layer consisting of the first high concentration impurity region formed on said semiconductor substrate and the first semiconductor layer formed on said impurity region and a second semiconductor layer formed said photoelectric conversion layer.