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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Minseok Oh, San Jose, CA (US);
Satyadev Hulikal Nagaraja, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2020.01); G01S 7/486 (2020.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/4865 (2013.01); G01S 7/4868 (2013.01); H01L 27/14812 (2013.01); H01L 27/14856 (2013.01); G02B 3/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A time-of-flight image sensor is disclosed. The time-of-flight image sensor includes an array of pixels. Each pixel of the array of pixels includes a first photogate, a second photogate adjacent the first photogate, an isolation barrier intermediate the first photogate and the second photogate, and an in-pixel ground node intermediate the first photogate and the second photogate.