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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Han-seob Cha, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Inventor:
Han-Seob Cha, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Assignee:
Crosstek Capital, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor includes a first conductivity type substrate with a trench formed in a predetermined portion thereof, a second conductivity type impurity region formed in the first conductivity type substrate below the trench and being a part of a photodiode, a second conductivity type first epitaxial layer filling the trench and being a part of the photodiode, and a first conductivity type second epitaxial layer formed over the second conductivity type first epitaxial layer.