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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Kyung-ho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-yoon Jang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jung-chak Ahn, Yongin-si, KR;
Moo-sup Lim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Kyung-Ho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-Yoon Jang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jung-Chak Ahn, Yongin-si, KR;
Moo-Sup Lim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A unit pixel of a CMOS image sensor include a photodiode that transforms light to an electric charge, and accumulates the electric charge, and a plurality of transistors that generate an electric signal based on the accumulated electric charge. The photodiode has a slope shape based on incident angle of the light in a semiconductor substrate.