Abstract:
본 발명은 이미지센서용 포토다이오드의 표면에 축적되는 전자를 배출하여 암전류에 의한 노이즈를 저감하는 기술에 관한 것이다. 이러한 본 발명은 N-타입 또는 P-타입 포토다이오드에 있어서, 포토다이오드와 전원전압단자 사이에 채널을 형성하여 그 포토다이오드의 표면에 축적되는 전자(또는 정공)가 그 채널을 통해 전원전압단자 측으로 유출되도록 구성함을 특징으로 한다. 이미지센서, 포토다이오드, 암전류
Abstract:
According to the present invention, a backlight infrared image sensor comprises: a bulk silicon layer formed with bulk silicon; an epi-silicon layer which is formed with epitaxial silicon including a plurality of photo diodes on the lower surface of the bulk silicon layer; and a wiring formation layer configured to form oxide and metal layers on the lower surface of the epi-silicon layer, wherein the thickness (tbulk) of the bulk silicon layer is adjusted to pass light in a specific band.
Abstract:
Provided is a one-chip vitality measuring image sensor. The image sensor includes one chip where a plurality of IR pixels and a plurality of visible pixels are alternately disposed, IR pass filters which are disposed on the IR pixels, and color pass filters which are disposed on the visible pixels. In the image sensor, IR strength and color strengths are obtained from light which is incident to the IR pixels and the visible pixels, and a vitality of a subject is measured by comparing the IR strength with the color strengths.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a microphone and method for manufacturing same, and more particularly to a stacked microphone in which a microphone is stacked on a semiconductor substrate on which a signal processing block is formed through a CMOS process, and a manufacturing method for same. The stacked microphone having a signal processing block and the method for manufacturing same according to the present invention are advantageous in that the signal generated from the microphone by the vibration of a diaphragm is processed into a desired form by the signal processing block arranged beneath the microphone to improve resistance against noises from the outside as compared to the case wherein a microphone and a signal processor are arranged separately. In addition, the signal can be output into a desired form even without using a separate signal processor. Further, the invention is advantageous in that the manufacturing cost and the size of the microphone can be reduced by using a CMOS process.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a technology for reducing dark current noise by discharging electrons accumulated on a surface of an image sensor photodiode. In an N-type or P-type photodiode, a channel is formed between the photodiode and a power voltage terminal, so that electrons (or holes) accumulated on a surface of the photodiode are discharged to the power voltage terminal through the channel.
Abstract:
There is provided an image sensor with a spectrum sensor including an image sensor region having a plurality of light-detection parts and a spectrum sensor region located in the image sensor region. The present invention provides an advantage of manufacturing alow-cost image sensor with a spectrum sensor. Thus, the image sensor with a spectrum sensor is commercially available to measure the structure and quantity of an organic material in an object in a simple manner.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of manufacturing a crystalline semiconductor thin film formed on an amorphous or poly-crystalline substrate such as a glass substrate, a ceramic substrate, and a plastic substrate through induction heating using photo-charges. The method of manufacturing a crystalline semiconductor thin film includes a process of forming a low-concentration semiconductor layer on an inexpensive amorphous or poly-crystalline substrate such as a glass substrate, a ceramic substrate, and a plastic substrate and a process of crystallizing the low-concentration semiconductor layer through an induction heating manner using photo-charges. Accordingly, a low-concentration crystalline semiconductor thin film having characteristics better than those of general amorphous or poly-crystalline semiconductor thin film can be obtained by using simple processes at low production cost.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional image display apparatus using a flat panel display unit is provided. The three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a flat panel display unit, reflecting plate arrays reflecting incident light, and a vibrator vibrating the reflecting plate arrays from left to right or from right to left, wherein the reflecting plate arrays are moved according to time by an vibration of the vibrator, and wherein a three-dimensional image is displayed by changing an image of the flat panel display unit based on an angle of the reflecting plate arrays. The three-dimensional image display apparatus has advantages that no auxiliary apparatuses such as special glasses are required to recognize the three-dimensional image, and that has no deterioration of an image quality, which is the biggest drawback of a general three-dimensional image display apparatus, and that observation of a three-dimensional image is not limited to one person. Also, the three-dimensional image display apparatus is capable of representing a multi-viewpoint image and selective representation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional images.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a technique for producing an optical mouse using a fingerprint sensor for an optical mouse applied to a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone and the like. The optical mouse of the present invention comprises: a fingerprint contact unit formed at one surface of a semiconductor substrate, the surfaces of which are polished, such that a fingerprint to be acquired contacts the fingerprint contact unit; an image-sensing block which has a fingerprint sensor formed by an image sensor formed at the surface opposite the surface of the semiconductor substrate on which the fingerprint contact unit is formed, so as to acquire an image of a fingerprint using the light reflected at the fingerprint, wherein the image-sensing block converts images of fingerprints, transmitted continuously from the fingerprint contact unit when the fingerprint of a user is brought into contact with the fingerprint contact unit, into electrical signals; an image sensor circuit which receives electrical signals inputted from the image-sensing block to capture images of fingerprints; a signal-processing block which compares the fingerprint pattern output from the image sensor circuit with an existing fingerprint pattern read from a memory device so as to calculate the movement direction and travel distance of the fingerprint; and a mouse signal output unit which outputs a control signal for moving a cursor on a screen in accordance with the movement direction and travel distance of the fingerprint inputted from the signal-processing block, or for selecting menus.