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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Yibing Michelle Wang, Temple City, CA (US);
Kwanghyun Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hongyu Wang, San Gabriel, CA (US);
Taechan Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H01L 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an imaging device includes a pixel array. At least one of the pixels includes a photodiode that can generate charges, and a select transistor that receives the charges in its bulk. When the select transistor is selected, a pixel current through it may depend on a number of the received charges, thus evidencing how much light it detected. A reset transistor may reset the voltage of the bulk.