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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:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Min Cao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeremy A. Theil, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gary W. Ray, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dietrich W. Vook, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/120 ;
Abstract
An array of image sensors that includes ion implantation regions that provide physical isolation between the pixel electrode regions. The physical isolation reduces coupling and cross-talk between the image sensors. The array of isolated image sensors can be formed by a simple fabrication process.