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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Kang Sun Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Seung Ho Shin, Asan-si, KR;

Hyung Jin Bae, Suwon-si, KR;

Jin Ho Seo, Seoul, KR;

Ji Hun Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;

Moo Sup Lim, Yongin-si, KR;

Young Tae Jang, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;

Young Kyun Jeong, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14616 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 5/35563 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H01L 27/14656 (2013.01); H01L 31/0203 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensor including: a first photodiode; a first circuit including an overflow transistor and a first transfer transistor connected to the first photodiode, a switch element connected to the first transfer transistor and a capacitor disposed between the first transfer transistor and the switch element, wherein the capacitor is a physical capacitor; a second photodiode; and a second circuit including a second transfer transistor connected to the second photodiode, a reset transistor connected to an output of the first circuit and a driving transistor connected to the second transfer transistor and the output of the first circuit.


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