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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Soitec, Bernin, FR;
Inventor:
Walter Schwarzenbach, Saint Nazaire les Eymes, FR;
Assignee:
Soitec, Bernin, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 21/762 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14687 (2013.01); H01L 21/76251 (2013.01); H01L 21/76254 (2013.01); H01L 27/14601 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01);
Abstract
A front-side type image sensor may include a substrate successively including: a P− type doped semiconducting support substrate, an electrically insulating layer and a semiconducting active layer, and a matrix array of photodiodes in the active layer of the substrate. The substrate may include, between the support substrate and the electrically insulating layer, a P+ type doped semiconducting epitaxial layer.