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PURPOSE: A sensor and an operation method thereof are provided to reduce the capacitance of sensor since a plurality of photo gates can share one floating diffusion region. CONSTITUTION: A sensor comprises a pair of photo gates, a first share floating diffusion region and a first transmission transistor. The photo gates are formed on a semiconductor substrate. A pair of photo gate comprises a first photo gate(110) and a second photo gate(120). The first share floating diffusion region is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The first transmission transistor is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first transmission transistor includes a plurality of micro lenses formed on a plurality of photo gate.
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PURPOSE: A near infrared ray detector, an image sensor using the same, and a semiconductor manufacturing method thereof are provided to form a silicon film whose thickness is 70nm, thereby obtaining a very quickly response feature. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor area is formed on a substrate. An antenna(28) includes first and second arms on the substrate. The antenna includes the semiconductor area between the arms. First and second electrodes(30) are separated on the substrate wherein the semiconductor area is placed between the first and second electrodes. An avalanche gain is generated in the semiconductor area by applying a bias voltage to the electrodes.
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PURPOSE: An optical waveguide device using a bulk silicon wafer and a manufacturing method thereof are provided to achieve high speed signal transmission, low power consumption, large capacity and compactness, by using optical interconnection technology. CONSTITUTION: A trench region(12) is formed on a part of a bulk silicon wafer(10). A bottom clad layer(14) is formed in the trench region. An optical waveguide core layer(22a) is formed on the bottom clad layer, far from one side of the trench region. A top clad layer(24) is formed to cover the optical waveguide core layer.
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PURPOSE: An image sensor having a depth sensor is provided to increase the recombination of electrons and holes by forming a potential barrier to preventing the movement of electronics generated from the depth region in the lower part of a substrate. CONSTITUTION: In an image sensor having a depth sensor. A substrate(101) comprises a visible light recognition domain(I) and a non-visible light recognition domain(II). A first well(123a) and a second well(123b) of a first conductive type are formed in the non-visible light recognition domain. A first gate(122a) and a second gate(122b) apply voltage to the first well and the second well respectively. A photoelectric conversion element(110R,110G) is formed between the first gate and the second gate. The photoelectric conversion element comprises pinning layers(112R,112G) formed in the upper part of the substrate.
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PURPOSE: An optical filter array for a single chip three-dimensional color image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided to easily form a digital optical system requiring color images and distance information by combining an RGB-Z chip and a filter through which infrared ray in a specific wavelength transmitted. CONSTITUTION: A color pixel array and a distance pixel array are formed on a semiconductor substrate using a plurality of photo diodes. Visible ray selection wavelength formed on the color pixel array transmitted through an RGB filter. Near infrared ray in a specific wavelength is transmitted through a near infrared ray band transmittance filter by forming the filter on the distance pixel. Single band laminated filter is formed on the RGB filter and the near infrared ray band transmittance filter. A photo-induced part is formed on the photodiodes and the distance pixel.
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PURPOSE: An image sensor equipped with a noise removal unit, an image pickup apparatus including the same and a method thereof for accurately detecting the image are provided to accurately detect the image by equipping the noise removal unit by each pixel. CONSTITUTION: A storage stores a photo-charge corresponding to a noise component. The unit pixel of the image sensor comprises an optical detecting device(11) and a circuit for eliminating noise(20). The image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels. A CPU controls the operation of the image sensor.
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PURPOSE: A semiconductor device and a semiconductor device manufacturing method are provided to form a memory cell with a silicon on insulator(SOI) structure in a specific region using a selective etching technique. CONSTITUTION: An SOI structure is formed on a third well(140) among a first well to the third well. The SOI structure is composed of an insulating region(170) and body regions(181, 182, 183). The insulating region and the body region are formed by selectively etching the lower part of the third well. The third well and the body region have a same property. The SOI structure formed on the third well is separated from components formed on the first and the second well.
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PURPOSE: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided to reduce the number of process steps for manufacturing a multi-layered semiconductor device to be identical to the number of process steps for manufacturing a single layer semiconductor device. CONSTITUTION: First active regions(211, 212, 213) second active regions(221, 222, 223) and third active regions(231, 232, 233) are successively arranged. The second active regions are arranged in an upper layer than a layer in which the first active regions are arranged. The third active regions are arranged in an upper layer than the layer in which the second active regions are arranged. The active regions are expanded to an identical direction with a pre-set gap and are parallelly arranged. Impurity doping regions are formed along the both edge of the active regions.
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PURPOSE: A memory device and a memory programming method are provided to reduce an error included in the read/program of a data page by programming the data in the multilevel cell or multi bit cell memory device. CONSTITUTION: A multilevel cell array(110) includes a plurality of multilevel cells. A programming unit(120) programs a first data page in a plurality of multilevel cells and a second data page in the multilevel cell in which the first data page is programmed. An error analyzing unit(130) analyzes read error information corresponding to the first data page based on read voltage level. A controller(140) controls the read voltage level about the first data page corresponding to the determination result of the rear error correction.
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PURPOSE: A semiconductor chip system is provided to recycle a waste current in the normal operation or standby state of a semiconductor chip, thereby minimizing the power consumption. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor chip system(10) comprises a chip circuit unit(30) and an electric charge recycling unit(50). The chip circuit unit comprises at least one of CPU(Central Processing Unit), a memory, and a semiconductor IC(Integrated Circuit). The electric charge recycling unit recycles a waste current. The electric charge recycling unit comprises an on-chip battery(51) and an electricity storing cluster(55). The on-chip battery and external power supply(20) supply power to the chip circuit unit. The electricity storing cluster is used to concentrate the waste current. The electricity storing cluster is operated in a low-pressure electricity storing mode and high-pressure electricity discharge mode. The electric charge recycling unit comprises a controller. The electric charge recycling unit comprises a blocking unit for preventing the back flow phenomenon of a voltage.