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US 9,960,201 B2Granted
Image sensor and pixel of the image sensor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung Ho Lee, Seung Joo Nah, Young Sun Oh, Dong Young Jang
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Abstract
A pixel of an image sensor includes a well below a gate and containing a dopant at a first concentration, a shallow trench isolation (STI) configured to electrically isolate the well, and a channel stop adjacent to at least one border between the well and the STI and containing a dopant at a second concentration higher than the first concentration.
Claims9
A pixel comprising:
- a well containing dopant at a first concentration;
- a gate of a transistor disposed on the well;
- shallow trench isolation (STI) electrically isolating the well, whereby the STI has first and second sides defining first and second borders, respectively, of a channel region of the pixel comprising the well and through which a channel of the transistor is formed, the first and second borders being spaced in a first direction corresponding to the widthwise direction of the channel;
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- a channel stop adjoining the STI along an upper edge of each of at least one of the first and second borders facing the channel region of the pixel through which the channel of the transistor is formed, the channel stop containing dopant at a second concentration higher than the first concentration,
- wherein the gate has opposite outer peripheral portions spaced from one another in the first direction,
- the gate extends over at least part of the channel stop in the first direction,
- each of the opposite outer peripheral portions of the gate extends over the channel stop or a portion of the STI laterally outwardly of the well,
- the first border defined by the first side of the STI is located laterally outwardly of the gate,
- the second border defined by the second side of the STI is located laterally inwardly of the gate so as to lie beneath the gate,
- the channel stop is adjacent to the first border defined by the first side of the STI,
- the channel region of the pixel covers the second side of the STI, and
- the channel stop adjoining the STI contacts the well.
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A pixel comprising:
- a well containing dopant at a first concentration;
- a gate of a transistor disposed on the well;
- shallow trench isolation (STI) electrically isolating the well, whereby the STI has first and second sides defining first and second borders, respectively, of a channel region of the pixel comprising the well and through which a channel of the transistor is formed, the first and second borders being spaced in the widthwise direction of the channel;
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- a channel stop adjacent at least one of the first and second borders and containing dopant at a second concentration higher than the first concentration,
- wherein the first border defined by the first side of the STI is located laterally outwardly of the gate, the second border defined by the second side of the STI is located laterally inwardly of the gate so as to lie beneath the gate, the channel stop is adjacent to the first border defined by the first side of the STI, and the channel region covers the second side of the STI.
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A pixel comprising:
- a well containing dopant at a first concentration;
- a gate of a transistor disposed on the well;
- shallow trench isolation (STI) electrically isolating the well, whereby the STI has first and second sides defining first and second borders, respectively, of a region of the pixel comprising the well and through which a channel of the transistor is formed, the first and second borders being spaced in the widthwise direction of the channel;
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- a channel stop adjacent at least one of the first and second borders and containing dopant at a second concentration higher than the first concentration,
- wherein the well has a bend in it beneath the gate, the first and second borders between the well and the STI include a first corner of the bend, the first corner is located laterally outwardly of the gate, and the channel stop is adjacent to the first corner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.