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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2005
John J. Ellis-monaghan, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Jeffrey B. Johnson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jerome B. Lasky, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Jeffrey B. Johnson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jerome B. Lasky, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides vertically-stacked photodiodes buried in a semiconductor material that are isolated and selectively contacted by deep trenches. One embodiment of the invention provides a pixel sensor comprising: a plurality of photosensitive elements formed in a substrate, each photosensitive element being adapted to generate photocharges in response to electromagnetic radiation; and a plurality of photocharge transfer devices, each photocharge transfer device being coupled to at least one of the plurality of photosensitive elements.