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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Hisanori Ihara, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/14647 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a first sub-gate in a recessed region in a substrate; a second sub-gate on the first sub-gate in contact with an upper surface of the substrate; and an element isolation region in the substrate spaced apart from the first sub-gate. A lower surface of the second sub-gate is wider than an upper surface of the first sub-gate, and a portion of the element isolation region is spaced apart from the second sub-gate by a first distance in a first direction.