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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack S. Uppal, San Jose, CA (US);
David B. Fraser, Danville, CA (US);
Stephen Bradford Gospe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin M. Connolly, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
A method of fabricating an image sensor having pin photodiodes residing vertically atop underlying CMOS control circuitry. In the preferred technique, pin photodiodes fabricated in amorphous silicon are utilized.