Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Having insulated electrode
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-26
2010-11-09
Picardat, Kevin M (Department: 2822)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Having insulated electrode
C257S059000, C257S072000, C257S222000, C257S225000, C257S257000, C257S258000, C257S290000, C257S291000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07829921
ABSTRACT:
An imager device that has mitigated dark current leakage and punch-through protection. The transistor associated with the photoconversion device is formed with a single (i.e. one-sided) active area extension region on one side of the transistor gate opposite the photoconversion device, while other transistors can have normal symmetrical (i.e, two-sided) active area extension regions (e.g., lightly doped drains) with resulting high performance and short gate lengths. The asymmetrical active area extension region of the transistor associated with the photodiode can serve to reduce dark current at the photoconversion device. The punch-through problem normally cured by a lightly doped drain is fixed at the transistor associated with the photoconversion device by adding a Vtadjustment implant and/or increasing its gate length.
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Aptina Imaging Corporation
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Picardat Kevin M
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