/Image Sensors
Abstract

An image sensor includes, a substrate, a first region formed in the substrate, a first photoelectric conversion element (PD) disposed on the first region, a first microlens covering the first PD, a floating diffusion region (FD) electrically coupled to the first PD, a first transfer transistor electrically coupled between the first PD and the FD, and first to fifth pixel transistors, each electrically coupled to the FD, the first to third pixel transistors each being selected from the group consisting of a reset transistor, a selection transistor, and a driving transistor, and none of the first to fifth pixel transistors being a transfer transistor.

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What is claimed is:

An image sensor includes, a substrate, a first region formed in the substrate, a first photoelectric conversion element (PD) disposed on the first region, a first microlens covering the first PD, a floating diffusion region (FD) electrically coupled to the first PD, a first transfer transistor electrically coupled between the first PD and the FD, and first to fifth pixel transistors, each electrically coupled to the FD, the first to third pixel transistors each being selected from the group consisting of a reset transistor, a selection transistor, and a driving transistor, and none of the first to fifth pixel transistors being a transfer transistor.
Timeline
Filed
04/20/2026
Published
08/27/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(3)
H10F 39/00:Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
H04N 25/70:SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
H04N 25/778:comprising amplifiers shared between a plurality of pixels, i.e. at least one part of the amplifier must be on the sensor array itself