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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Robert M. Guidash, Rochester, NY (US);
Ravi Mruthyunjaya, Penfield, NY (US);
Weize Xu, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert M. Guidash, Rochester, NY (US);
Ravi Mruthyunjaya, Penfield, NY (US);
Weize Xu, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensor includes a unit cell having a plurality of pixels; the unit cell comprising an amplifier input transistor that is shared by the plurality of pixels; a plurality of floating diffusions that are joined by a floating diffusion interconnect layer and are connected to the amplifier input transistor; and an interconnect layer which forms an output signal wire which shields the floating diffusion interconnect layer.