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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
Seo Kyu Lee, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
LG Semicon Co., Ltd., Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Abstract
A CCD and method of fabricating the same, which reads signal charges completely and increases the fill factor of its pixel, to improve the sensitivity. The CCD having photodiodes in matrix form, includes a first interlevel insulating layer and first transfer gate sequentially formed between the photodiodes arranged in the row direction, a block insulating layer formed along the center of the first transfer gate, a second interlevel insulating layer formed on the first transfer gate, second and third transfer gates formed on the first transfer gate, being isolated from each other on the block insulating layer, a third interlevel insulating layer formed on the second and third transfer gates, and a fourth transfer gate formed on the third interlevel insulating layer, being placed on the second and third transfer gates.