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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Yun-Hui Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H01L 27/1462 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/365 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is an image sensor having improved performance. An image sensor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention including a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein each of the plurality of pixels may include: a photoelectric conversion element formed in a substrate; a transfer gate overlapping with a portion of the photoelectric conversion element and formed on the substrate; and a color filter over the photoelectric conversion element, wherein the plurality of pixels include two adjacent pixels which have the same color filter, and wherein one of the two adjacent pixels comprises an incident light control pattern.


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