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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Applicant:
Jun-taek Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventor:
Jun-Taek Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics., Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor includes a photoelectric converter formed in a semiconductor substrate to generate and integrate charges resulting from incident light, a first charge transmitter transmitting integrated charges to a charge detector, an overflow drain region discharging excess charges generated by the photoelectric converter, and a second charge transmitter transmitting the excess charges to the overflow drain region and having a width which is at least half of a span of the photoelectric converter.