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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Dae-kil Cha, Seoul, KR;
Young-gu Jin, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bok-ki Min, Suwon-si, KR;
Yoon-dong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-kil Cha, Seoul, KR;
Young-gu Jin, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bok-ki Min, Suwon-si, KR;
Yoon-dong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics CP., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels disposed in an array, each pixel comprising a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region separated from each other in a semiconductor layer, and doped with impurities having different conductivities from each other, a photoelectric conversion region formed between the first and second regions, and at least one metal nanodot that focuses an incident light onto the photoelectric conversion region.