Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Back side illuminated image sensors with back side charge storage
- Patent Title (中): 带背面电荷存储的背面照明图像传感器
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Application No.: US14024316Application Date: 2013-09-11
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Publication No.: US09252185B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Jaroslav Hynecek
- Applicant: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons; Joseph F. Guihan
- Main IPC: H01L27/00
- IPC: H01L27/00 ; H01L27/148 ; H01L27/146

Abstract:
A back side illuminated image sensor may be provided with an array of image sensor pixels. Each image sensor pixel may include a substrate having a front surface and a back surface. The image sensor pixels may have a charge storage region formed at the back surface and a charge readout node formed at the front surface of the substrate. The image sensor pixels may receive image light at the back surface of the substrate. Photo-generated charge may be accumulated at the charge storage region during a charge integration cycle. Upon completion of the charge integration cycle, a transfer gate formed at the front surface may be pulsed high to move the charge from the charge storage region to the charge readout node. The charge may be converted to a voltage at the charge readout node and may be read out using a rolling shutter readout mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140077062A1 BACK SIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSORS WITH BACK SIDE CHARGE STORAGE Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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