Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensors having multiple photoelectric conversion devices therein
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个光电转换装置的图像传感器
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Application No.: US12958799Application Date: 2010-12-02
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Publication No.: US08625016B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Eric Fossum , Suk Pil Kim , Yoon Dong Park , Hoon Sang Oh , Hyung Jin Bae , Tae Eung Yoon
- Applicant: Eric Fossum , Suk Pil Kim , Yoon Dong Park , Hoon Sang Oh , Hyung Jin Bae , Tae Eung Yoon
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2009-0118151 20091202
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H01L31/062 ; H01L21/02 ; H01L21/00

Abstract:
Image sensors include a second photoelectric conversion device disposed in a lower portion of a substrate and a first photoelectric conversion device extending between the secondary photoelectric conversion device and a light receiving surface of the substrate. Electrical isolation between the first and second photoelectric conversion devices is provided by a photoelectron barrier, which may be an optically transparent electrically insulating material. MOS transistors may be utilized to transfer photoelectrons generated within the first and second photoelectric conversion devices to a floating diffusion region within the image sensor. These transistors may represent one example of means for transferring photoelectrons generated in the first and second photoelectric conversion devices to a floating diffusion region in the substrate, in response to first and second gating signals, respectively. The first and second gating signals may be active during non-overlapping time intervals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110128430A1 Image Sensors Having Multiple Photoelectric Conversion Devices Therein Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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