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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:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2005
Applicant:
Jeffrey A. Mckee, Meridian, ID (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey A. McKee, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corporation, Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A red pixel having a capacitor formed over the photo-conversion region of the pixel. The capacitor can be used by other pixels as a common capacitor. The capacitor is coupled to floating diffusion region shared by a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels also share readout circuitry.