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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Yang Wu, Tainan, TW;
Inna Patrick, Tainan, TW;
Desmond Cheung, Tainan, TW;
Kihong Kim, Tainan, TW;
Feixia Yu, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14654 (2013.01); H01L 27/14672 (2013.01); H01L 27/14887 (2013.01);
Abstract
A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes an implant region of a second type formed in a crystalline layer of a first type. A channel of a transfer gate entirely covers the implant region, which partially joins a photodiode, a doped well and a floating diffusion node.