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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
In Gyu Baek, Seoul, KR;
Sang Hoon Uhm, Suwon-si, KR;
Tae Yon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jae Sung Hur, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor configured to provide improved reliability may include a charge passivation layer that includes a multiple different elements, each element of the different elements being a metal element or a metalloid element. The different elements may include a first element of a first group of periodic table elements and a second element of a second, different group of periodic table elements. The charge passivation layer may include an amorphous crystal structure.