Patent attributes
A unit pixel for use in a CMOS image sensor is employed to minimize a contact resistance between adjacent unit pixels by employing a supplementary p-well or modifying a unit pixel layout. The unit pixel having a photodiode, a transfer transistor, a reset transistor, a drive transistor and a selection transistor, the unit pixel including: a first active area having a protrusive portion thereof where the transfer transistor, the reset transistor and a VDD contact are formed, in which the VDD contact is formed apart from the photodiode in an adjacent unit pixel by a predetermined distance, to thereby minimize a leakage current, the first active area being connected to the photodiode; and a second active area where the drive transistor, the selection transistor and an output contact are formed, wherein the second active area is perpendicularly connected to the first active area.
