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Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Pyong-Su Kwag, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Min-Ki Na, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Dong-Hyun Woo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ho-Ryeong Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/0629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 29/42376 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensor includes: a light receiving section suitable for generating photocharges in response to incident light; and a driving section including a source follower transistor suitable for generating an output voltage corresponding to a reference voltage in response to the photocharges. The source follower transistor includes: a stack structure formed by sequentially stacking a first conductive layer, an insulating layer and a second conductive layer; an open portion formed through the second conductive layer and the insulating layer so as to expose the first conductive layer; a channel layer formed along the surface of the open portion so as to be connected to the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and a gate is connected to the light receiving section and which is formed over the channel layer so as to overlap the second conductive layer.


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