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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Victor Lenchenkov, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hamid Soleimani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14649 (2013.01); H01L 27/1462 (2013.01); H01L 27/1463 (2013.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 27/14685 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor including a semiconductor layer. A light absorber layer couples with the semiconductor layer at a pixel of the image sensor and absorbs incident light to substantially prevent the incident light from entering the semiconductor layer. The light absorber layer heats a depletion region of the semiconductor layer in response to absorbing the incident light, creating electron/hole pairs. The light absorber layer may include one or more narrow bandgap materials.