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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Min-Feng Kao, Chiayi, TW;
Dun-Nian Yaung, Taipei, TW;
Jen-Cheng Liu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Wen-Chang Kuo, Tainan, TW;
Shih-Han Huang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A metal grid within a trench isolation structure on the back side of an image sensor is coupled to a contact pad so that a voltage on the metal grid is continuously variable with a voltage on the contact pad. One or more conductive structures directly couple the metal grid to a contact pad. The conductive structures may bypass a front side of the image sensor. A bias voltage on the metal grid may be varied through the contact pad whereby a trade-off between reducing cross-talk and increasing quantum efficiency may be adjusted dynamically in accordance with the application of the image sensor, its environment of use, or its mode of operation.