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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Kwang Hwangbo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-Kun Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14614 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor is described. The image sensor includes a photodiode that is formed in a substrate, a floating diffusion region that vertically overlaps with a first portion of the photodiode, a shallow trench isolation (STI) region that vertically overlaps with a second portion of the photodiode and has an elbow shape, and a transfer gate that is adjacent to at least two sides of the photodiode and has an elbow shape.