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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jungchak Ahn, Yongin-si, KR;
Yitae Kim, Hwasung-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01);
Abstract
Image sensors are provided. In the image sensor, an area of a device isolation layer may be reduced and elements may be isolated from each other by a channel stop region extending between the photoelectric conversion region and the device isolation layer, such that a dark current property of the image sensor may be improved.