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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Meng-hsun Wan, Taipei, TW;
Szu-ying Chen, Toufen Township, TW;
Dun-nian Yaung, Taipei, TW;
Jen-cheng Liu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Meng-Hsun Wan, Taipei, TW;
Szu-Ying Chen, Toufen Township, TW;
Dun-Nian Yaung, Taipei, TW;
Jen-Cheng Liu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A device includes an image sensor chip having an image sensor therein. A read-out chip is underlying and bonded to the image sensor chip, wherein the read-out chip includes a logic device selected from the group consisting essentially of a reset transistor, a source follower, a row selector, and combinations thereof therein. The logic device and the image sensor are electrically coupled to each other, and are parts of a same pixel unit. A peripheral circuit chip is underlying and bonded to the read-out chip, wherein the peripheral circuit chip includes a logic circuit.