Patent ID: 7910961

Claim:
A color pixel array, comprising: first, second, and third pluralities of color pixels each including a photosensitive region disposed within a semiconductor layer; and buried wells disposed within the semiconductor layer and extending beneath the photosensitive regions of the second and third pluralities of color pixels but substantially not extending below the photosensitive region of the first plurality of color pixels to hinder lateral charge carrier migration out of the second and third pluralities of color pixels, wherein the first plurality of color pixels comprises a first group of the color pixels having a first color, the second plurality of color pixels comprises a second group of the color pixels having a second color, and the third plurality of color pixels comprises a third group of the color pixels having a third color, wherein the first, second, and third colors are different colors, wherein the first plurality of color pixels comprises red or magenta pixels while the second and third pluralities of color pixels comprise any of green, blue, cyan, or yellow pixels, wherein each of the buried wells extends under at least two of the colored pixels.