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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a dual vertical gate including two vertical portions apart from each other by an isolation area in a first direction and vertically extending into a substrate, a connection portion configured to connect the two vertical portions to each other on the two vertical portions, and a device isolation layer on side surfaces of the vertical portions in the first direction, wherein each of the two vertical portions includes an upper vertical portion and a lower vertical portion, a sidewall of the upper vertical portion forms a first inclination angle with a line extending in the first direction, a sidewall of the lower vertical portion forms a second inclination angle with the line extending in the first direction, and the first inclination angle is different from the second inclination angle.