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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sung-Man Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14831 (2013.01); H01L 21/8238 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an image sensor may include a pixel array having a central region and peripheral regions around the central region, one or more first unit pixels arranged in the peripheral regions. Each of the first unit pixels comprising a pair of left and right photodiodes. The left and right photodiodes in at least one of the one or more of the first unit pixels may have different sizes and are optically isolated from each other by a first PD isolation region.