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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2018
Applicant:

Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Gresham, OR (US);

Angel Rodriguez, San Jose, CA (US);

David T. Price, Gresham, OR (US);

Jeffery Allen Neuls, Beaverton, OR (US);

Kenneth Andrew Bates, Happy Valley, OR (US);

Rick Mauritzson, Meridian, ID (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/0617 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01);
Abstract

Implementations of image sensors may include a first die including an image sensor array and a first plurality of interconnects where the image sensor array includes a plurality of photodiodes and a plurality of transfer gates. The image sensor array may also include a second die including a second plurality of interconnects and a plurality of capacitors, each capacitor selected from the group consisting of deep trench capacitors, metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors, polysilicon-insulator-polysilicon (PIP) capacitors, and 3D stacked capacitors. The first die may be coupled to the second die through the first plurality of interconnects and through the second plurality of interconnects. No more than eight photodiodes of the plurality of photodiodes of the first die may be electrically coupled with no more than four capacitors of the plurality of capacitors.


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