IP Library Granted Patent US 7,368,770
Granted Patent B1
US 7,368,770 · App. 11/349,786 · Granted May 6, 2008

Well region with rounded corners

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Patent No.
US 7,368,770
App. No.
11/349,786
Granted
May 6, 2008
Kind
B1
Abstract

A semiconductor imager structure having a well region formed in a substrate layer. The well region being of a predetermined shape having a plurality of corners being non-right angles.

Claims (9)

1. A semiconductor imager structure, comprising:

a substrate layer of a first dopant type having a first surface;

a well region having a second surface and being of a second dopant type;

said well region being formed in said substrate layer such that said first surface and said second surface are substantially co-planar to form a diode surface and an interface between said well region and said substrate layer at said diode surface forms a diode junction, and said well region being of a predetermined shape having a multitude of corners, a plurality of said corners of said well region being no-right angles; and

a poly silicon region formed along a periphery of said diode junction, wherein said poly silicon region is electrically connected to a poly silicon region of an adjacent pixel site by a polysilicon layer.

2. The semiconductor image structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first dopant type is p-type, said second dopant type is n-type, and said poly silicon region is doped.

3. The semiconductor imager structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first dopant types is n-type, second dopant type is p-type, and said poly silicon region is doped.

4. The semiconductor imager structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said corners of said well region are obtuse angles.

5. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said poly silicon region is electrically biased at a fixed potential.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 038620, FRAME 0087 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2016
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2012
From: ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING, LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 23, 2011
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2006
From: SMAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGIES
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
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