US 12,457,812 B2
Semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same
Feng-Chien Hsieh, Pingtung County (TW); Yun-Wei Cheng, Taipei (TW); Wei-Li Hu, Tainan (TW); Kuo-Cheng Lee, Tainan (TW); and Cheng-Ming Wu, Tainan (TW)
Assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,344.
Prior Publication US 2024/0047487 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 39/8023 (2025.01) [H10F 39/014 (2025.01); H10F 39/028 (2025.01); H10F 39/8027 (2025.01); H10F 39/8033 (2025.01); H10F 39/807 (2025.01); H10F 39/813 (2025.01); H10F 39/182 (2025.01); H10F 39/199 (2025.01); H10F 39/8053 (2025.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor structure, comprising:
a semiconductor substrate having a first side;
a trench isolation extending from the first side of the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate;
a first pixel disposed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the trench isolation;
a second pixel extending from the first side of the semiconductor substrate into the semiconductor substrate and disposed over the first pixel;
a first gate electrode disposed on the first side of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first pixel; and
a second gate electrode disposed adjacent to the first gate electrode and electrically connected to the second pixel,
wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a p-n junction, the first pixel includes a first conductivity type region having an L-shape from a cross-sectional view, and the second pixel overlaps the first pixel from a top view perspective.