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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Kyung-ho Lee, Bucheon-si, KR;
Hoon-sang OH, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jung-chak Ahn, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14616 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H01L 27/14614 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor cell, wherein at least one of a plurality of transistors included in image sensor cell is a recess transistor having a channel region recessed into a substrate. The image sensor cell includes an image charge generating unit for generating an image charge corresponding to an image signal, and an image charge converting unit for converting the image charge into an electrical signal, wherein at least one of a plurality of transistors included in the image charge converting unit is a recess transistor including a channel region that is recessed into a substrate.