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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Shen Wang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14806 (2013.01); H01L 27/14812 (2013.01); H01L 27/14868 (2013.01); H01L 27/14843 (2013.01); H01L 27/14831 (2013.01);
Abstract
In various embodiments, image sensors incorporate multiple output structures by including multiple sub-arrays, at least one of which includes a region of active pixels, a dark pixel region that is fanned and/or slanted, a dark pixel region that is unfanned and unslanted, a horizontal CCD, and an output structure for conversion of charge to voltage.