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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Do-Hwan Kim, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Seung-Hoon Sa, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor may include a pixel array where a plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a two dimensional matrix, wherein each of the unit pixels includes: a substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; one or more depletion inducing layers formed in the photoelectric conversion element; an inter-layer dielectric layer formed over the substrate; and one or more floating electrodes formed in the inter-layer dielectric layer to overlap each of the depletion inducing layers.