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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Hong-Wei Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffery Beck, Philomath, OR (US);
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
In order to reduce dark current and pixel readout noise in an image sensor, pixels may include a p-type hole-based pinned photodiode. Charge stored in the p-type pinned photodiode may be transferred to a p-type floating diffusion (FD) node and read out by pixel circuitry that uses p-channel metal oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (p-channel MOSFET). Additionally, the pixel circuitry may be split across multiple wafers that are connected by metal interconnect layers. This arrangement may enable the pixel photodiode to have a larger size than if all of the pixel circuitry was in a single wafer.