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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2006
Clifford I. Drowley, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ching-chun Wang, Lexington, MA (US);
Jungwook Yang, Waban, MA (US);
Clifford I. Drowley, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ching-Chun Wang, Lexington, MA (US);
Jungwook Yang, Waban, MA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor imager structure having a photodiode being provided as a well region formed within a substrate layer and a transistor electrically connected to the photodiode and having a terminal that has a same electrical potential as the photodiode. The well region of the photodiode having an extended portion so that at least a portion of the terminal of the transistor has the same electrical potential as the photodiode is formed within the extended portion of the well region of the photodiode.