Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dongmo Im

Minwoong Seo

Kwang-Min Lee

Beomsuk Lee

Seokjin Kwon

SeungSik Kim

Jameyung Kim

Hyeyun Park

Jaekyu Lee

JungChak Ahn

Taeyon Lee

Daehoon Kim

Kook Tae Kim

Miseon Park

Soojin Hong

Tae-hun Lee

Sungin Kim

Gwideokryan Lee

Kwansik Cho

Chang Kyu Lee

Dongseok Cho

Ju-eun Kim

Jungim Choe

An image sensor is provided and may include a semiconductor substrate having a surface and including trench, the trench extending from the surface into the semiconductor substrate, an insulating pattern provided in the trench; and a doped region in the semiconductor substrate and on the insulating patterns. The doped region includes a side portion on a side surface of the insulating pattern, and a bottom portion on a bottom surface of the insulating pattern. A thickness of the side portion of the doped region is from 85% to 115% of a thickness of the bottom portion of the doped region, and a number of dopants per unit area in the side portion of the doped region is from 85% to 115% of a number of dopants per unit area in the bottom portion.

Image sensor

An image sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a buried transfer gate electrode arranged in a transfer gate trench extending from the first surface of the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the buried transfer gate electrode has an upper surface arranged at a level lower than that of the first surface of the semiconductor substrate with respect to the second surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a transfer gate spacer arranged on an upper sidewall of the transfer gate trench and on the buried transfer gate electrode.

Image sensor including a photodiode

An image sensor includes a substrate, and a pixel separation pattern disposed in the substrate and interposed between a plurality of unit pixels. The plurality of unit pixels include a first unit pixel region and a second unit pixel region adjacent to the first unit pixel region in a first direction. The first unit pixel region and the second unit pixel region respectively include a first transfer gate and a second transfer gate. The pixel separation pattern includes a first pixel separation part interposed between the first unit pixel region and the second unit pixel region, and a second pixel separation part spaced apart from the first pixel separation part in the first direction. A top surface of the first pixel separation part is lower than a top surface of the second pixel separation part.

An operating method of an image sensor, including performing a first sampling operation corresponding to first illumination in at least one pixel; performing a second sampling operation corresponding to second illumination in the at least one pixel; and outputting a first pixel voltage corresponding to the first sampling operation, or outputting a second pixel voltage corresponding to the second sampling operation, in the at least one pixel.

Image sensor, imaging device having the image sensor, and operating method thereof

An image sensor includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a first floating diffusion region provided in the substrate and being adjacent to the first surface, a through-electrode provided in the substrate and electrically connected to the first floating diffusion region, an insulating structure, a bottom electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a top electrode sequentially stacked on the second surface, a color filter buried in the insulating structure, and a top contact plug penetrating the insulating structure to connect the bottom electrode to the through-electrode.

Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same

A charge pump device is configured to generate an output voltage from a square wave, where the charge pump device includes a semiconductor layer; first and second outer wells; a first inner well formed in the first outer well; a second inner well formed in the second outer well; a first capacitor, to which the input signal is applied, and connected to the first outer well; and a second capacitor connected to the first capacitor and second outer well, wherein the first voltage is applied to the first outer well, and a voltage that is lower than the first voltage is applied to the second outer well.

Charge pump device and image sensor including the same

A method of driving an image sensor includes integrating an overflowed charge from a photodiode in the floating diffusion area and a dynamic range capacitor. The dynamic range capacitor is formed between the floating diffusion area and a power supply voltage. The method further includes sampling a first voltage formed in the floating diffusion area by the integrated overflowed charge, resetting the photodiode, the floating diffusion area, and the dynamic range capacitor, sampling a reset level of the reset floating diffusion area, transferring a charge accumulated in the photodiode to the floating diffusion area, and sampling a second voltage formed in the floating diffusion area.

Image sensor and driving method thereof

An image sensor having active, peripheral and dummy regions is provided as follows. A dummy through electrode is disposed in the substrate. An active through electrode is disposed in the substrate. An insulation structure in which a color filter is embedded is disposed on the substrate. A dummy bottom electrode is disposed on the insulation structure and connected electrically to the dummy through electrode. An active bottom electrode is disposed on the insulation structure and connected electrically to the active through electrode. A photoelectric conversion layer is disposed on the insulation structure. A top electrode is disposed on the photoelectric conversion layer and the dummy bottom electrode. The top electrode is connected electrically to the dummy bottom electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer is interposed between the top electrode and the active bottom electrode which are separated from each other.

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