IP Library Granted Patent US 7,531,391
Granted Patent B2
US 7,531,391 · App. 11/318,574 · Granted May 12, 2009

CMOS image sensor and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,531,391
App. No.
11/318,574
Granted
May 12, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CMOS image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate with a first conductive type including a photodiode region and a transistor region, a gate electrode formed on the transistor region of the substrate, a first impurity region with a second conductive type formed in a portion of the semiconductor substrate between the photodiode region and the gate electrode, and a second impurity region with the second conductive type formed in the photodiode region of the semiconductor substrate.

Claims (9)

1. A method for manufacturing a CMOS image sensor comprising the steps of:

preparing a semiconductor substrate with a first conductive type, including a photodiode region and a transistor region;

forming a gate electrode on the transistor region of the semiconductor substrate;

forming a first impurity region with a second conductive type in a portion of the semiconductor substrate between the photodiode region and the gate electrode;

forming a second impurity region of the second conductive type in the photodiode region of the semiconductor substrate; and

forming an impurity region of the first conductive type in a portion of the semiconductor substrate corresponding to an upper surface of the second impurity region.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the second impurity region is formed by performing a higher energy ion injection than that performed to form the first impurity region.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the first conductive type is p-type, and the second conductive type is n-type.

4. The sensor as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode is for a transfer transistor.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2015
From: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
Reel/Frame 035383/0560 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2006
From: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
To: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018176/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2005
From: SHIM, HEE SUNG
To: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 017417/0664 →