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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Jae Won Lee, Cheongju-si, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel group comprising a plurality of photodiodes configured to produce photocharges produced in response to light incident on the plurality of photodiodes, a floating diffusion region configured to receive and accumulate the photocharges produced by the plurality of photodiodes, a plurality of transfer transistors coupled to the plurality of photodiodes, respectively, each of the plurality of transfer transistors configured to transfer the photocharges produced by the corresponding photodiode, and a common transfer transistor coupled between the plurality of transfer transistors and the floating diffusion region and configured to transfer the photocharges produced by the plurality of photodiodes to the floating diffusion region.