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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Man Lyun Ha, Mungyeong-si, KR;
Man Lyun Ha, Mungyeong-si, KR;
DB Hitek Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel units, a controller configured to drive the pixel array, and an analog-digital conversion block configured to convert a sensing signal output from the pixel array to a digital signal, wherein each of the pixel units includes a photodiode and a plurality of transistors on a semiconductor substrate, each of the transistors includes a gate electrode and a gate dielectric layer, each gate dielectric having a thickness, and the thickness of at least one of the gate dielectric layers is different from the thickness of at least one of the other gate dielectric layers.