Invention Grant
US08497546B2 Back-side-illuminated image sensors with bulk-charge-modulated image sensor pixels
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具有体电荷调制图像传感器像素的背面照明图像传感器
- Patent Title: Back-side-illuminated image sensors with bulk-charge-modulated image sensor pixels
- Patent Title (中): 具有体电荷调制图像传感器像素的背面照明图像传感器
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Application No.: US13008784Application Date: 2011-01-18
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Publication No.: US08497546B2Publication Date: 2013-07-30
- Inventor: Jaroslav Hynecek
- Applicant: Jaroslav Hynecek
- Applicant Address: KY George Town
- Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KY George Town
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Jason Tsai
- Main IPC: H01L29/788
- IPC: H01L29/788

Abstract:
Image sensor arrays may include bulk-charge-modulated-device (BCMD) sensor pixels. The BCMD sensor pixels may be used in back-side-illuminated (BSI) image sensors. A BCMD sensor pixel need not include a dedicated addressing transistor. The BCMD sensor pixel may include a gated drain reset (GDR) structure that is used to perform reset operations. The GDR structure may be shared among multiple pixels, which provides increased charge storage capacity for high resolution image sensors. A negative back body bias may be applied to the BCMD pixel array, allowing the depletion region under each BCMD pixel to extend all the way to the back silicon surface. Extending the depletion region by negatively biasing the back silicon surface may serve to minimize pixel crosstalk.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120181581A1 Back-Side-Illuminated Image Sensors with Bulk-Charge-Modulated Image Sensor Pixels Public/Granted day:2012-07-19
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