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Patent No.:

US 12176361 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2022

Electromagnetic radiation detection method

Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Kun-Huei Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Yun-Wei Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;

Chun-Hao Chou, Hsinchu, TW;

Kuo-Cheng Lee, Hsinchu, TW;

Chun-Wei Chia, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:

Hauptman Ham, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mark R Gaworecki

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G01R 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); G01R 29/08 (2013.01); H01L 27/0203 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 29/4236 (2013.01); H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 2924/13081 (2013.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01);
Abstract

A method of detecting electromagnetic radiation includes illuminating a photodiode of a pixel sensor with electromagnetic radiation, using vertical gate structures of a transfer transistor to couple a cathode of the photodiode to an internal node of the pixel sensor, thereby generating an internal node voltage level, and generating an output voltage level of the pixel sensor based on the internal node voltage level.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lin, Kun-Huei. (2024). Electromagnetic radiation detection method (U.S. Patent No. 12176361). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12176361

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