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BACKGROUND OF THE
The image sensor converts the optical image into an electrical signal. Recently, with the development of the information and communication industry and the digitization of electronic devices, image sensors with improved performance have been used in various fields such as digital cameras, camcorders, mobile phones, PCS (personal communication systems), game devices, security cameras, and medical micro cameras. have.
Increasing the degree of integration of pixels to meet the increased resolution of the image sensor results in a smaller volume of photoelectric conversion elements, such as photodiodes, per unit pixel, resulting in lower sensitivity.
The general CMOS image sensor 10 includes an active
FIG. 2 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the
Referring to FIG. 2, the
Since the general CMOS image sensor receives the selective light through the front surface, a large amount of light is absorbed or lost while passing through the thick interlayer insulating film, so that the final amount of light is collected. There is a lot of optical cross talk that is accumulated in neighboring pixels due to severe refraction as it passes.
In order to solve this conventional problem, a CMOS image sensor having a back light receiving and back side illumination structure has been developed as a next generation image sensor structure.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a CMOS image sensor having a general back side illumination structure.
An interlayer
A general back side illumination CMOS image sensor structure made of the above-described configuration is also provided with adjacent blue and
As the image sensor cell of such a structure becomes smaller, the neighboring pixel spacing becomes narrower, and unwanted light penetrates into the adjacent structure, causing mixing color defects during the operation of the image sensor.
Recently, with the development of the information and communication industry and the digitization of electronic devices, image sensors with improved performance are being used in various fields such as digital cameras, camcorders, mobile phones, personal communication systems (PCS), game devices, security cameras, medical micro cameras, and the like. . As the integration of semiconductor products is accelerated, the unit cell area is greatly reduced, and the line width of the pattern and the spacing of the patterns are significantly narrowed. The unit cell area is reduced, but the electrical characteristics required by the device must be maintained and low power is required.
Since the general CMOS image sensor has a structure of receiving light through the front surface, a large amount of light is absorbed or lost while passing through the thick interlayer insulating film, so that the final amount of light is concentrated on the photodiode. There is a lot of optical crosstalk that accumulates in neighboring pixels due to severe refraction.
In order to solve the problem of the general CMOS image sensor, the present invention has a back side illumination structure, and the insulating film structure between the photodiode and the color filter has a relatively high refractive index on the red light pixel diode. A CMOS image sensor formed of a large insulating film and having an adjacent pixel, that is, an upper part of a green and blue selective color light photodiode, forms an insulating film having a small refractive index and is prevented from being refracted into a pixel boundary region, thereby preventing crosstalk. will be.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an insulating film structure between a photodiode and a color filter in a cell structure of a back side illumination CMOS image sensor, wherein a red light pixel is formed of an insulating film having a relatively high refractive index, and adjacent green, An upper portion of the blue selective color light photodiode forms an insulating film having a small refractive index to prevent red color light from being refracted to an adjacent photodiode region, thereby providing a CMOS image sensor semiconductor device without crosstalk.
Another object of the present invention is to form a first conductivity type epi layer on a semiconductor substrate, an element isolation film on the semiconductor substrate, form a floating diffusion region FD, a peripheral transistor, and a source drain impurity layer, and After forming an interlayer insulating film and a metal wiring layer on the substrate, a handling substrate is formed, the semiconductor substrate is turned over, the semiconductor substrate is removed, the first conductive layer epitaxial layer is exposed, and the first refractive index is relatively small on the first conductive layer epitaxial layer. Forming an insulating film, removing the first insulating film on the red light pixel, forming a second insulating film having a relatively high refractive index, and forming a color filter and a lens on the first insulating film and the second insulating film, and having no color mixing phenomenon. Inexpensive and simple fabrication of semiconductors with back side illumination image sensor structures There is.
A method of manufacturing a back side illumination CMOS image sensor cell according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is to form a first conductivity type epi layer on a semiconductor substrate, and the device on the semiconductor substrate Forming a separator, forming a floating diffusion region FD, a peripheral transistor, and a source drain impurity layer, forming an interlayer insulating film, a metal wiring layer, and a protective film on the semiconductor substrate, forming a handling substrate, and inverting the semiconductor substrate to partially turn the semiconductor substrate. Exposing the first conductive layer epitaxial layer, forming a first insulating film having a first refractive index on the first conductive layer epitaxial layer, and removing the first insulating film on a red light pixel. An insulating film is formed, and a color filter and a lens are formed on the first second insulating film.
As described above, according to the present invention, in a back side illumination CMOS image sensor structure, an insulating film having a relatively high refractive index is formed on a red light photodiode so that selected red light entering through a lens is adjacent to green and blue. Since it is not refracted by the selective color photodiode, it is possible to easily form a fine cell structure without crosstalk.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
With respect to the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the text, specific structural to functional descriptions are merely illustrated for the purpose of describing embodiments of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in various forms and It should not be construed as limited to the embodiments described in.
As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific form disclosed, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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Referring to FIG. 4, the
All embodiments of the present invention use an N-type or P-type semiconductor substrate.
The first conductive high concentration
The high concentration
The present invention was formed by using an epi-process as shown in order to simultaneously form the first conductive high-concentration impurity and the first conductive-type low-concentration epi layer by putting different concentrations of impurities while using an epi-forming process.
If necessary, the
A first conductive type low
As mentioned above, the first conductive
Referring to FIG. 5, different
Referring to FIG. 6,
The
Therefore, when the depth of the
Referring to FIG. 7, the
Although not shown in the figure, a transfer transistor having a first channel and a second channel is formed on the side of the
Referring to FIG. 8, the
After forming the
9 and 10, a first
The second
Referring to FIG. 11, a
On the exposed first conductive type high
If the first conductive type high
In addition, an anti-reflection film (not shown) is formed before the first insulating
12 and 13, only the
After hole formation, a CMP planarization etch stop layer and a red light optimal absorption layer (not shown) are formed as necessary.
A rear side second insulating
The silicon oxynitride film is preferably formed by PE-CVD using silane (SiH 4) and nitrogen (N 2) as the source gas. The silicon oxynitride layer (SiON) can adjust the refractive index according to the nitrogen content, deposition thickness.
Accordingly, the film quality is controlled and formed so that the refractive index of the rear second insulating
Referring to FIG. 14, color filter red (225), green (227), blue (228), and light shielding insulating film (220) layers are formed on the first and second insulating
An
The light passing through the
Referring to FIG. 15, the red light is selected by the red filter R and proceeds to the grape diode region through the back insulation layer.
The left figure illustrates a process in which red light selected by the red filter proceeds when an insulating film having a single refractive index is formed under the color filter.
As shown in the figure, some red light at two color (R, G) filter layer boundaries (dotted ellipses) goes straight to the neighboring area in an undesired direction, accumulates in neighboring green pixels beyond the magnetic pixel red light photodiode and crosstalks. Show what causes it.
According to Snell's law of refraction, when light passes through different media, if the rate of deposition is relatively large, the speed of light is relatively low. Therefore, light is refracted at the interface of different media.
Referring to the drawing on the right, the insulating layers having different refractive indices are formed under the color filters R and G. When an insulating film having a relatively high refractive index is disposed below the red filter, some selected red light paths bend the light toward the insulating film having a relatively large refractive index at the two insulating film interfaces (dotted ellipses).
This phenomenon is caused by the above-mentioned Snell's law of refraction, and the color filter image sensor of the present invention, which applies this principle, has an interface with a difference in deposition rate when some red light with a large wavelength passes to another adjacent color light photodiode. It is possible to obtain an effect of improving optical cross talk by refracting and not crossing the boundary.
As described above, it is possible to prevent crosstalk to neighboring pixels as red light is incident through an insulating film having a different refractive index and to increase light receiving efficiency, so that no crosstalk occurs, thus providing a clear and highly integrated image sensor. It can be made easy.
In addition, the system equipped with such a CMOS image sensor can be connected to a memory card using NAND or NOR flash to easily create a system that can store and play a high-definition screen simply.
In addition, it is possible to obtain a vivid color screen by applying it to digital devices that require various image sensors, and to apply and obtain real-time image with real-time image. System, telemedicine, etc. can be realized.
Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to variously modify and change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated.
1 is a layout illustrating a general CMOS image sensor.
2 is a circuit diagram showing a general CMOS image sensor.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a typical back side illumination CMOS image sensor structure.
4 and 15 are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a back side illumination CMOS image sensor device having a backside insulating film having different refractive indices according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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