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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Byoung-su Lee, Yeosu-si, KR;
Inventor:
Byoung-Su Lee, Yeosu-si, KR;
Assignee:
Siliconfile Technologies Inc., Seoul, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/062 (2006.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a technology for reducing dark current noise by discharging electrons accumulated on a surface of an image sensor photodiode. In an N-type or P-type photodiode, a channel is formed between the photodiode and a power voltage terminal, so that electrons (or holes) accumulated on a surface of the photodiode are discharged to the power voltage terminal through the channel.