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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sung-Kun Park, Cheongju-si, KR;
Hye-Won Mun, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a first transfer gate formed over a substrate, and including a first projection; a second transfer gate formed over the substrate, neighboring the first transfer gate, and including a second projection; and a floating diffusion formed in the substrate, and partially overlapping with the first transfer gate and the second transfer gate, wherein the first projection and the second projection face each other.