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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Hisanori Ihara, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor includes a substrate and at least one device isolation region in the substrate and defining first and second pixel regions and first and second active portions in each of the first and second pixel regions. A reset and select transistor gates are disposed in the first pixel region, while a source follower transistor gate is disposed in the second pixel region, such that pixels in the first and second pixel regions share the reset, select and source follower transistors. A length of the source follower transistor gate may be greater than lengths of the reset and selection transistor gates.