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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Frederick Brady, Webster, NY (US);
Pooria Mostafalu, New York, NY (US);
Hongyi Mi, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/807 (2025.01); H04N 25/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/778 (2023.01); H10F 39/8037 (2025.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes a plurality of unit pixels disposed into pixel groups that are separated from one another by isolation structures. Unit pixels within each pixel group are separated from one another by isolation structures and share circuit elements. The isolation structures between pixel groups are full thickness isolation structures. At least a portion of the isolation structures between unit pixels within a pixel group are deep trench isolation structures.