CMOS image sensor and method of fabricating the same
US7338832B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/802
Abstract
A CMOS image sensor and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes a blocking layer protecting a photodiode at a diode region. The blocking layer is formed to cover a top of the diode region and extended to an active region so as to cover a transfer gate and a floating diffusion layer. Therefore, the floating diffusion layer may not be attacked by an etching during a formation of sidewall spacers of various gates or by ion implantation during a formation of a junction region of a DDD or LDD structure, thus reducing a leakage current and a dark current at the floating diffusion layer.
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