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Stack chip package image sensor

US9337228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 2014
Grant dateMay 10, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F39/809

Abstract

An image sensor cell is divided into two chips, and a capacitor for noise reduction is formed in a bottom wafer in correspondence with a unit pixel of a top wafer in a stack chip package image sensor having a coupling structure of the two chips, so that noise characteristics of the image sensor are improved. A stack chip package image sensor includes: a first semiconductor chip that includes a photodiode, a transmission transistor, and a first conductive pad and outputs image charge, which is output from the photodiode, through the first conductive pad; and a second semiconductor chip that includes a drive transistor, a selection transistor, a reset transistor, and a second conductive pad and supplies a corresponding pixel with an output voltage corresponding to the image charge received from the first semiconductor chip through the second conductive pad. The second semiconductor chip includes a capacitor for noise reduction.

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