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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Commissariat À L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Olivier Saxod, Brignoud, FR;
Marie Guillon, Fontanil-Cornillon, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a pixel of an image array comprising one or more charge storage structures (), each charge storage structure comprising: a first charge storage trench () doped to have a first conductivity type and having a first end () configured to receive charge accumulated by a photodiode; a second charge storage trench () doped to have the first conductivity type; and a first transfer gate () linking a second end () of the first charge storage trench () and the second charge storage trench () to a sense node (), wherein the first and second charge storage trenches are linked together by a linking channel () doped to have the first conductivity type and bordering a portion of an edge of the transfer gate ().