IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED DARK CURRENT

摘要

An imaging method,- apparatus, and system having an image sensor (200) having a p-ty?e substrate (230) to getter metallics and other contaminants, an n-type epitaxial layer (220) arranged on the p-type substrate to reduce dark current, cross-talk, and blooming, and a p-type epitaxial layer (210) arranged on the n-ty?e epitaxial layer.