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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implementations of a semiconductor device may include a photodiode included in a second epitaxial layer of a semiconductor substrate; light shield coupled over the photodiode; and a first epitaxial layer located in one or more openings in the light shield. The first epitaxial layer and the second epitaxial layer may form a single crystal.