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7626241 Thin film interference ripple reduction  
A thin film structure for an optical sensor to achieve a wavelength window with nearly ripple free reflection and transmission has different areas of thin film with two or more different thicknesses.
7619269 Semiconductor device, manufacturing process thereof and imaging device  
A semiconductor device including a pixel region in which one or more pixels are formed and a DRAM cell region in which one or more DRAM cells for storing output signals from the pixels are formed,...
7615396 Photodiode stack for photo MOS relay using junction isolation technology  
A novel photodiode stack which comprising of more than 3 photodiodes connected in series to produce a large photovoltaic voltage in the presence of light using junction isolation technology.
7611918 CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same  
A CMOS image sensor and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The CMOS image sensor includes: an epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type, formed in a semiconductor substrate of the...
7608906 Simultaneous unipolar multispectral integrated technology (SUMIT) detectors  
A multi-color photo sensor having a first photodiode with a first p-type layer and a first n-type layer, the first photodiode generates charge when illuminated with photons of a first wavelength...
7608905 Independently addressable interdigitated nanowires  
An apparatus has multiple sets of independently addressable interdigitated nanowires. Nanowires of a set are in electrical communication with other nanowires of the same set and are electrically...
7608903 Image sensor with SOI substrate  
An imager pixel utilizing a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a photodiode in said substrate below the buried oxide, and a dual contact to said photodiode and methods of forming said imager pixel....
7605398 Apparatus of high dynamic-range CMOS image sensor and method thereof  
The present invention discloses an apparatus of high dynamic-range CMOS image sensor and method thereof. The present invention utilize a pixel circuit outputting an output signal, wherein the pixel...
7601992 Light detecting element and control method of light detecting element  
A light detecting element 1 including an element formation layer 22 which contains a well region 31. A surface electrode 25 is formed on the layer 22 through an insulating layer 24. The...
7601910 Organic photovoltaic devices  
The present invention generally relates to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices. More specifically, it is directed to organic photovoltaic devices, e.g., organic solar cells. Further, it...
7589366 Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing the same  
A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate ( 1 ) with a photodetector portion ( 15 ). The photodetector portion ( 15 ) includes a p-type first impurity region (surface...
7586528 Color sensor and color image pickup method  
A color sensor comprises: light reception elements that generate color signals corresponding to stimulus values of colors in an RGB color system, the stimulus values of colors comprising a stimulus...
7586172 Blooming control method for a photodiode and corresponding integrated circuit  
The photodiode comprises an upper pn junction (D 1 ) formed between an upper layer and an intermediate layer supported by one portion of a semiconductor substrate. A lower junction is formed...
7586108 Radiation detector, method of manufacturing a radiation detector and lithographic apparatus comprising a radiation detector  
The invention relates to a radiation detector, a method of manufacturing a radiation detector and a lithographic apparatus comprising a radiation detector. The radiation detector has a...
7579668 Method for photo-detecting and apparatus for the same  
A method for photo-detecting and an apparatus for the same are provided. The apparatus for photo-detecting includes a first P-N diode and a second P-N diode. The first P-N diode, has a first P-N...
7579637 Image sensing device for reducing pixel-to-pixel crosstalk  
An image sensor and a method of fabricating the image sensor are provided. The image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a deep well having a second...
7569868 Image pickup device and image pickup system  
There is provided an image pickup device, including a photoelectric conversion element converting light into charges, a transfer gate for transferring the converted charges to a floating node, a...
7557418 Semiconductor photoreceptor device  
A semiconductor light detecting device includes an n-contact layer selectively disposed on an Fe—InP substrate. An optical waveguide layer is disposed on the n-contact layer and includes an...
7554170 Variably responsive photosensor  
A photosensor includes a plurality of photosensitive regions including a first photosensitive region connected to a first voltage reference, and at least one additional photosensitive region. A...
7550792 Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof  
A solid-state imaging device, includes: a substrate where a region of a first conductivity type is formed on at least a portion of a surface thereof; a region of a second conductivity type formed...
7545016 Integrated layer stack arrangement, optical sensor and method for producing an integrated layer stack arrangement  
An integrated layer stack arrangement, an optical sensor and a method for producing an integrated layer stack arrangement is disclosed. Generally, an integrated layer stack arrangement includes a...
7544975 Photodiode  
A forward light monitoring photodiode having a high reflection film with low dark current for detecting forward light emitted from a laser diode and power of the laser diode in spite of the change...
7541659 Photo-detector for detecting image signal of infrared laser radar and method of manufacturing the same  
A photo-detector, in which metal wiring for connecting electrodes is arranged on a planarized surface and thus the metal wiring arrangement is simplified, and a method of manufacturing the same are...
7538403 PIN diode structure with zinc diffusion region  
A PIN photodiode having a substrate, a first type electrode layer disposed on the substrate, a first layer of intrinsic material disposed over a portion of the first-type electrode layer, a first...
7538395 Method of forming low capacitance ESD device and structure therefor  
In one embodiment, the ESD device uses highly doped P and N regions deep within the ESD device to form a zener diode that has a controlled breakdown voltage.
7535073 Solid-state imaging device, camera module and electronic equipment module  
To provide a back-illuminated type solid-state imaging device capable of color separation of pixels without using a color filter, and a camera module and an electronic equipment module which...
7535042 Pixel cell with a controlled output signal knee characteristic response  
A pixel cell with controlled leakage is formed by modifying the location and gate profile of a high dynamic range (HDR) transistor. The HDR transistor may have the gate profile of a transfer gate...
7531885 Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pick-up system using the photoelectric conversion apparatus  
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus with less leak current in a floating diffusion region. In order to obtain the above object, a...
7525131 Photoelectric surface and photodetector  
Disclosed is a photoelectric surface including: a first group III nitride semiconductor layer that produces photoelectrons according to incidence of ultraviolet rays; and a second group III nitride...
7504702 Silicon-based visible and near-infrared optoelectric devices  
In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent...
7504701 Optical unit featuring both photoelectric conversion chip and semiconductor chip wrapped with flexible sheet  
In an optical unit including a photoelectric conversion chip adapted to be optically connected to an optical fiber, and a semiconductor chip for driving the photoelectric conversion chip, both the...
7498650 Backside illuminated CMOS image sensor with pinned photodiode  
A backside illuminated CMOS image sensor having an silicon layer with a front side and a backside, the silicon layer liberates charge when illuminated from the backside with light, an active pixel...
7482667 Edge viewing photodetecter  
An edge viewing semiconductor photodetector may be provided. Light may be transmitted through an optical fiber conduit comprising a core region surrounded by a cladding region. The light may be...
7482195 High mobility high efficiency organic films based on pure organic materials  
A method of purifying small molecule organic material, performed as a series of operations beginning with a first sample of the organic small molecule material. The first step is to purify the...
7470966 Photodiode with controlled current leakage  
The present invention is directed towards radiation detectors and methods of detecting incident radiation. In particular the present invention is directed towards photodiodes with controlled...
7453131 Photodiode detector and associated readout circuitry  
A photodetector circuit incorporates an APD detector structure ( 10 ) comprising a p− silicon handle wafer ( 12 ) on which a SiO 2 insulation layer ( 14 ) is deposited in known manner. During...
7439597 Poly diode structure for photo diode  
An integrated circuit device for converting an incident optical signal into an electrical signal comprises a semiconductor substrate, a well region formed inside the semiconductor substrate, a...
7436038 Visible/near infrared image sensor array  
A MOS or CMOS sensor for high performance imaging in broad spectral ranges including portions of the infrared spectral band. These broad spectral ranges may also include portions or all of the...
7432578 CMOS image sensor with enhanced photosensitivity  
A photosensitive device is disclosed which comprises a semiconductor substrate, at least one reverse biased device, such as a P-N junction diode formed in the semiconductor substrate, and at least...
7432530 Solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing same  
A solid-state imaging device includes: a substrate; a photo-receiving portion formed in the substrate; a wiring layer formed on the substrate and having a trench being formed on a region directly...
7423305 Solid-state image sensing device having high sensitivity and camera system using the same  
A solid-state image sensing device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has a photodiode, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The photodiode is constituted by a...
7420235 Solid-state imaging device and method for producing the same  
In the solid-state imaging device of the present invention having a photoelectric conversion section and a charge transfer section equipped with a charge transfer electrode for transferring an...
7417272 Image sensor with improved dynamic range and method of formation  
Embodiments of the invention provide an image sensor having an improved dynamic range. A pixel cell comprises at least one transistor structure. The transistor structure comprises at least one...
7411265 Photodiode and phototransistor  
A phototransistor includes a first-conduction-type lower region, a second-conduction-type upper region disposed on the first region, a second-conduction-type electrode contact region of a high...
7411232 Semiconductor photodetecting device and method of manufacturing the same  
A semiconductor photodetecting device is provided for enabling a solid-state image sensor to meet the requirements of higher quality imaging and more reduction in cost. The photodetecting device of...
7400022 Photoreceiver cell with color separation  
A photoreceiver cell with separation of color components of light incident to its surface, formed in a silicon substrate of the conductivity of the first type with an ohmic contact and comprising:...
7397076 CMOS image sensor with dark current reduction  
Disclosed are a CMOS image sensor and a fabrication method thereof, which is adequate to reduce dark current. The CMOS image sensor comprises a device isolation region and an active region, which...
7394141 Substrate for forming a solid-state image pickup element, solid-state image pickup element using the same, and method of producing the same  
A substrate for a solid-state image pickup element, comprising: an n-type silicon substrate; and an n-type epitaxial growth layer formed on a surface of the n-type silicon substrate, wherein the...
7385238 Low dark current image sensors with epitaxial SiC and/or carbonated channels for array transistors  
A pixel cell having a substrate with a isolation channel formed of higher carbon concentrate such as SiC or carbonated silicon. The channel comprising SiC or carbonated silicon is provided over the...
7382007 Solid-state image pickup device and manufacturing method for the same  
A solid-state image pickup device includes, in a substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions for subjecting incoming light to photoelectric conversion, a reading gate for reading a...