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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Pyong-Su Kwag, Eumseong-gun, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor may include unit pixel blocks with each having pixels for sensing incident light. Each unit pixel block may include a first sub pixel block including a first floating diffusion, a second sub pixel block including a second floating diffusion, and a common transistor block including a first drive transistor adjacent to the first floating diffusion and a second drive transistor adjacent to the second floating diffusion. The first and second floating diffusions may be electrically coupled in common to the first and second drive transistors.