Full color single pixel including doublet or quadruplet Si nanowires for image sensors
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01L-031/00
H01L-031/0352
B82Y-030/00
H01L-027/146
B82Y-020/00
G02B-006/42
G02B-006/10
B82Y-015/00
출원번호
US-0291888
(2014-05-30)
등록번호
US-9543458
(2017-01-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Wober, Munib
출원인 / 주소
ZENA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
대리인 / 주소
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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초록
An image sensor comprising a substrate and one or more of pixels thereon. The pixels have subpixels therein comprising nanowires sensitive to light of different color. The nanowires are functional to covert light of the colors they are sensitive to into electrical signals.
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1. An image sensor comprising a substrate and one or more of pixels thereon, wherein each of the pixels comprises a first subpixel and a second subpixel; the first subpixel comprises a first nanowire; the second subpixel comprises a second nanowire; the first and second nanowires extend essentially
1. An image sensor comprising a substrate and one or more of pixels thereon, wherein each of the pixels comprises a first subpixel and a second subpixel; the first subpixel comprises a first nanowire; the second subpixel comprises a second nanowire; the first and second nanowires extend essentially perpendicularly from the substrate, wherein each pixel of the image sensor further comprises one or more photodiodes, wherein the first nanowire and/or the second nanowire has a transistor therein or thereon. 2. The image sensor of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, sapphire, diamond, silicon carbide, gallium nitride, germanium, indium gallium arsenide, lead sulfide and/or a combination thereof. 3. The image sensor of claim 1, wherein at least one pixel comprises a clad; the first subpixel and the second subpixel of the at least one pixel are embedded in the clad. 4. The image sensor of claim 3, wherein the clad is substantially transparent to visible light. 5. The image sensor of claim 3, further comprising couplers above each of the pixels, each of the couplers having a convex surface and being effective to focus substantially all visible light impinged thereon into the clad. 6. The image sensor of claim 1, wherein the first nanowire and the second nanowire have different absorption spectra. 7. The image sensor of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second nanowires has a p-n or p-i-n junction therein. 8. The image sensor of claim 1, being operable to absorb at least 50% of all visible light impinged thereon. 9. The image sensor of claim 1, further comprising electronic circuitry operable to detect electrical signals generated by the first and second nanowires. 10. The image sensor of claim 1, wherein the pixels have different orientations. 11. A method of manufacturing an image sensor, comprising dry etching or VLS growth, wherein the image sensor comprises a substrate and one or more of pixels thereon, wherein each of the pixels comprises at a first subpixel and a second subpixel, the first subpixel comprises a first nanowire, the second subpixel comprises a second nanowire, wherein the first and second nanowires extend essentially perpendicularly from the substrate, wherein each pixel of the image sensor further comprises one or more photodiodes, wherein the first nanowire and/or the second nanowire has a transistor therein or thereon. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein each of the pixels further comprises a third subpixel and the third subpixel comprises a third nanowire operable to generate an electrical signal upon exposure to light. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the pixels further comprises a fourth subpixel and the fourth subpixel comprises a fourth nanowire operable to generate an electrical signal upon exposure to light of a fourth wavelength different from the first, second and third wavelengths, wherein the fourth nanowire extends essentially perpendicularly from the substrate. 14. The method of claim 11, wherein the photodiodes have absorption spectra different from absorption spectra of the first and second nanowires. 15. The method of claim 11, the image sensor further comprises an infrared filter operable to prevent infrared light from reaching the pixels. 16. A method of sensing an image comprises: projecting the image onto an image sensor, wherein the image sensor comprises a substrate and one or more of pixels thereon, wherein each of the pixels comprises at a first subpixel and a second subpixel, the first subpixel comprises a first nanowire, the second subpixel comprises a second nanowire, wherein the first and second nanowires extend essentially perpendicularly from the substrate, wherein each pixel of the image sensor further comprises one or more photodiodes; detecting the electrical signals from the first nanowire and the second nanowire; and calculating a color of each pixel from the electrical signals, wherein the first nanowire and/or the second nanowire has a transistor therein or thereon. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first and the second nanowires are adapted to absorb infra-red (IR) light. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein different pixels of the one or more of pixels comprise spatially separated clads. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more photodiodes are located between the substrate and the first and second nanowires.
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