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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Haeyong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Sungsoo Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions and a deep device isolation pattern disposed in the substrate between the pixel regions. The pixel regions include first, second, third, and fourth pixel regions, which are adjacent to each other in first and second directions. The deep device isolation pattern includes first portions interposed between the first and second pixel regions and between the third and fourth pixel regions and spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and second portions interposed between the first and third pixel regions and between the second and fourth pixel regions and spaced apart from each other in the first direction. The first pixel region includes a first extended active pattern, which is extended to the second pixel region in the first direction and is disposed between the first portions of the deep device isolation pattern.