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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jennifer J. Patterson, Mesa, AZ (US);
Mark S. Swenson, Higley, AZ (US);
Clifford I. Drowley, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schuamburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7148 ; H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7148 ; H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
An electronic component having an image sensing device ( ) and a method for improving pixel charge transfer in the image sensing device ( ). The image sensing device ( ) has a transfer gate ( ) between a source region ( ) and an image sensing region. The image sensing region is formed to have a wider device width proximate to the transfer gate ( ) than at a point distal from the transfer gate ( ).