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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sung-Kun Park, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14616 (2013.01); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 27/14698 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; a transfer gate formed over the photoelectric conversion element; and a channel layer controlled by the transfer gate, wherein the channel layer includes a first region which is in contacts with the photoelectric conversion element and a second region which is separated from the photoelectric conversion element, and the first region and the second region have different crystalline states from each other.