CMOS image sensor and method for forming same

An image sensor and pixel unit technology, applied in the manufacture of electric solid-state devices, semiconductor devices, semiconductor/solid-state devices, etc., can solve problems such as difficult wiring, channel length cannot be reduced, and pixel unit difficulties
CN101312201AActive Publication Date: 2008-11-26SEMICON MFG INT (SHANGHAI) CORP +1
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CN · China
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SEMICON MFG INT (SHANGHAI) CORP
Publication Date
2008-11-26

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Abstract

A CMOS image sensor comprises at least one CMOS image sensor pixel unit pair which comprises a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit. Each pixel unit in the CMOS image sensor comprises a photodiode area and a drive circuit area, wherein the drive circuit area comprises output transistors. Drain electrodes of the two output transistors adjacent to the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit are connected to be a common output end. The invention further provides another CMOS image sensor, wherein the amount of effective contact holes can be reduced through an output contact hole and a power contact hole of a common output transistor of the adjacent pixel units, thereby effectively decreasing the amount of the contact holes. The structure enables pixel units with smaller dimension to be designed under the condition of unreduced technical nodes without modifying a peripheral circuit and the processing parameter, which can not increase the mask and processing cost, but reduces the output capacitance and increases the filling ratio and the optical path.
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technical field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductors, in particular to a CMOS image sensor and a forming method thereof. Background technique

[0002] At present, the charge coupled device (CCD) is the main practical solid-state image sensing device, which has the advantages of low read noise, large dynamic range, and high response sensitivity. The disadvantage of Complementary-Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology compatibility is that it is difficult to achieve single-chip integration with CCD-based image sensors. The CMOS image sensor (CMOS Image sensor, CIS) adopts the same CMOS technology, which can integrate the pixel array and peripheral circuits on the same chip. Compared with CCD, CIS has the advantages of small size, light weight, low power consumption, programming Convenience, ease of control, and low average cost.

[0003] At present, the patent application documents related to CMOS image sensors basically focus on how to ...

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