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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Intellectual Ventures Ii Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
Won-Ho Lee, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Assignee:
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 21/28008 (2013.01); H01L 27/14603 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 29/42372 (2013.01); H04N 5/3658 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode, a plurality of transistors for transferring charges accumulated at the photodiode to one column line, and a voltage dropping element connected to a gate electrode of at least one transistor among the plurality of transistors for expanding a saturation region of the transistor by dropping down a gate voltage inputted to the gate electrode of the at least one transistor.