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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/1469 (2013.01); H01L 27/14634 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an image sensor. An image sensor may include: a transfer gate formed over a first substrate, and having a through-hole; a column-shaped epitaxial body having a first portion filled in the through-hole and a second portion formed over the transfer gate; a photoelectric conversion element formed in the second portion of the epitaxial body; and a floating diffusion region formed in the first substrate, and contacting the first portion of the epitaxial body.