GB2164492A - A monolithic image receiver - Google Patents
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Abstract
An image receiver, eg for infra-red radiation, comprises a plate-shaped monocrystalline semiconductor substrate 2 having image sensors 3 surrounded by read-out structures 4 arranged in a mosaic pattern on the one side 0 thereof. On the reverse side R thereof, an arrangement for concentrating the radiation which is incident onto this side R, onto the image sensors 3 is formed by etching pits 8 or 8' which are triangular or trapezoidal in cross-section and are formed directly into the substrate by anisotropic etching along crystal planes (1 1 1) inclined to the substrate surface 0. In this way, the "virtual" surface of the image sensors 3 can be increased by twice to three times as much as their actual surface. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
A monolithic image receiver
This invention relates to a monolithic image receiver or detector, for example an infra-red image receiver or detector comprising a plateshaped semiconductor substrate having image sensors with neighbouring read-out structures arranged in a mosaic pattern on the upper side thereof, and, in defined regions on the reverse side thereof, an arrangement for concentrating incident radiation onto the image sensors.
Such a monolithic image receiver or detector, which is well-known in silicon technology, consists of a plate-shaped silicon substrate, arranged on the upper side of which in a mosaic pattern are image sensors, for example
PtSi-Schottky barrier detectors surrounded by read-out structures which are either partially implanted into the substrate surface or merely applied thereto. These read-out structures have a transfer region which acts to pass the signals of the image sensors to a store, usually a charged-coupled store (CCD) in the manner of a shift register. The image receiver is directed towards the radiation that is to be collected, so that the radiation passes through the substrate before it falls onto the individual image sensors.
With regard to the prior art for such largesurface monolithic image receivers or detectors, reference should be made to the following publications:
B Capone et al; Evaluation of a Schottky IR
CCD Staring Mosaic Focal Plane, which appeared in SPIE 156 Modern Utilization of Infra- red Technology, 1978, page 120 et sequ; and
Masafumi Kirmata et al; A 256X256-Element Si Monolithic IR-CCD Sensor, which appeared in IEEE International Solid State Circuits
Conference 1983, page 254 et sequ.
In the case of such monolithic image receivers or detectors, the actual image sensors cover only a fraction of the total surface area of the image receivers, since a considerable portion of the surface area is needed for the aforesaid read-out structures. Depending on whether the image sensors are arranged in rows oe in a uniform point raster, the read-out structures are similarly arranged, either in rows between the sensor rows or else surrounding the individual sensors in a frame pattern. The ratio between the surface area of the image sensors and the entire image surface area of the image receiver is called the fill factor. In the case of infra-red image receivers, the fill factor typically amounts to 20% up to 25%; see Kirmata in the place cited page 254, left-hand column, end of second paragraph.Accordingly, only this portion of the incident radiation is evaluated and contributes to the image information.
In order to increase the proportion of the incident radiation evaluated for image information, the fill factor must be correspondingly increased. Since the proportion of the surface area needed for the read-out structures can hardly be reduced, aids have been sought in order to optically concentrate the radiation falling onto the reverse side of the monolithic image receiver onto the image sensors.
Thus, for example, for image receivers which work in the visible region of light, it has been proposed to apply cylinder lenses made from flowable photo varnish to the light incidence side of the image receiver; see J Yehihara et al; A High Photosensitivity JL-CCD Image Sensor with Monolithic Resin Lens Array, which appeared in JEDM Digest of Papers, 1983, page 497.
For infra-red image receivers with
Schottky barrier image sensors, cover plates made from silicon have been developed, the surface of which is processed with very fine diamond cutters in order to obtain a pattern consisting of collective lenses having curved surfaces. The cover plate is then fastened in an adjusted manner on the rearward light incidence side of the silicon substrate. The curvatures of the individual collective lenses are calculated such that radiation which is outside that proportion of the radiation incident directly on the image sensors is in fact concentrated onto the image sensors; E F Cross et ai; Optical Technique for Increasing Fill Factor of Mosaic Arrays, Proc of SPIE, Vol 395, 1983, page 73 et sequ.In this publication it has also been proposed to mill the curved surfaces of the lens arrangement directly on the reverse side of the silicon substrate; see page 74, section Faceplate Construction, end of first paragraph. It is, however, rightly conceded that this would only be possible with a thoroughly developed and thought-out milling technique.
The linear extent of the image sensors used in monolithic image receivers amounts to some tens of um. It is clear that where fresh dimensions are concerned the cited proposals for radiation concentration can only be accomplished by complex techniques which are difficult to master. Indeed, for infra-red image receivers, it is doubtful whether the proposal to form cylinder lenses from flowable photo varnish can be realised at all. Also, the aforesaid cover plates made from silicon must be prodused extremely accurately, practically without tolerances, and then be adjusted very àccu- rately with reference to the respective image sensors. The tolerances, which are slight by reason of the small dimensions, must also be adhered to under all operating conditions, for ample at low temperatures or during vibration.
The object of the invention is to provide an image receiver, of the kind mentioned in the first paragraph hereof, in which the fill factor can be increased by simple means.
In accordance with the invention, this object is achieved by provision of an image receiver or detector as mentioned in the first paragraph thereof wherein the semiconductor substrate is monocrystalline and the arrangement for concentrating the incident radiation onto the image sensors is obtained by anisotropic etching of lattice planes of the monocrystalline semiconductor substrate.
Preferably an Si-monocrystal is used as the substrate and the (1 1 1)-planes thereof are etched.
Accordingly, the arrangement for concentrating the incident radiation is realised by etching pits which are triangular or trapezoidal in cross-section and which are worked directly into the reverse side of the substrate by anisotropic etching of lattice planes.
Anisotropic etching of silicon substrates is known in connection with micromechanics; see Kurt E Petersen, Dynamic Micromechanics on Silicon; Techniques and Devices, published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol 25, No 10, October 1978, page 1241 et sequ. To accomplish this, a silicon dioxide (SiO2) mask, which masks the surface areas lying directly above the image sensors may, for example, be applied to the reverse side of the silicon substrate. If the surface of the silicon substrate is a (1 0 0)-crystal plane, an etching agent will etch the silicon substrate at the points which are not covered by the mask, along the (1 1 1) crystal planes so that etching pits which are triangu;ar or trapezoidal in cross-section are formed around the horizontal regions covered by the mask.The side walls of the pits are, of course, inclined in accordance with the crystal angle. In the case of silicon, this angle amounts to 54.74 relative to the substrate surface. As etching agent, EDP, ie a mixture of ethylene diamine, pyrocatechol and water, potassium hydroxide (KOH) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH) can be used. By means of anisotropic etching, surfaces with a high surface quality are obtained.
The width of the horizontal residual surfaces and the depth of the triangular or trapezoidal etching pits are so selected th t radiation incident perpendicularly onto a large proportion of the reverse side of the substrate is directed onto the entire surface area of each image sensor by the inclined crystal planes.
In other words, by virtue of the side walls of the etching pits that can be produced simply by anisotropic etching, the radiation otherwise incident on insensitive regions of the image receiver is directed, at least partially, onto the image sensors, so that the surface area of the image sensor is "virtually" increased. As a consequence, the overall level of the output signals of the image sensors is also considerably increased, yet with an unvaried noise level.
The amount of light falling onto the image sensors can, by this means, be increased by twiee or three times compared to the amount of light otherwise falling directly onto the image sensors.
With the proposed technique of anisotropic etching, the adjustment problems occuring in the case of the other proposals are not present. Moreover, since the arrangement for concentrating the incident radiation is integrated directly into the semiconductor substrate, there are also no problems with respect to temperature compatability, vibration sensitivity or the like.
The invention will be described further, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a top plan view of part of an infra-red image receiver or detector having a multiplicity of image sensors arranged in lines as well as transfer regions and store regions lying between the sensor lines.
Figure 2 is a section along Il-Il of Fig. 1 illustrating an arrangement for concentrating radiation which is incident on the reverse side of the image receiver or detector in accordance with the invention.
Figure 3 is a three-dimensional representation of part of a first embodiment of an infrared image receiver or detector in accordance with the invention:
Figure 4 is a three-dimensional representation of part of a second embodiment of an image receiver or detector in accordance with the invention.
With reference to Fig. 1, an infra-red image receiver or detector 1 is constructed on a thin plate-shaped monocrystalline silicon substrate 2, the surfaces of which extend along (1 0 0) crystal planes. Applied on the upper surface 0 in parallel rows are image sensors 3 which are sensitive to infra-red radiation. Each row contains, in this respect, a multiplicity of image sensors. Between the rows of the image sensors 3, and similarly arranged in rows are read out structures 4, which in each case consist of transfer regions 5 and store regions 6 linking to the image sensors 3.
In Fig. 2, the image sensors 3 as well as the read-out structures 4 on the upper surface 0 of the silicon substrate 2 are shown schematically. The reverse side R of the silicon substrate 2 is masked in regions A' lying opposite the image sensors 3 by a silicon dioxide mask 7, which is shown in a broken line in Fig. 2 and which leaves free regions B extending between the rows of the image sensors 3. The silicon substrate 2 is treated from the reverse side R with an etching agent, for example EDP, whereby the silicon substrate is etched away along the (1 1 1) crystal planes.
These (1 1 1) crystal or lattice p lanes form an angle of 54.74 with the reverse-sided (1 0 0) crystal plane so that a specific time an etching pit 8 which is triangular in cross-section is formed in the region B, the side walls 9 of the pit 8 lying in the (1 1 1) crystal planes. If the etching procedure is stopped at
an earlier time, ie before a triangu;ar profiled
pit is formed, etching pits which are trapezoi
dal in cross-section are formed as is indicated
by the broken line 8'.
If infra-red radiation falls onto the reverse
side R of the image receiver 1 perpendicularly
to the (1 0 0) plane, then a proportion A
penetrates the silicon substrate 2 and im
pinges directly on the surface of an image
sensor 3. Infra-red radiation A-1 and A-2 inci
dent parallel thereto falls onto the inclined side
walls 9 of the etching pits 8 and is defl cted
relative to these at an angle of 76. 190 onto
the image sensors 3.
These radiation portions A-1 and A-2,
which, with an untreated reverside side of the
silicon substrate would otherwise not fall onto
the image sensors 3, are, by virtue of the
inclined side walls 9 of the etching pits 8
additionally directed onto the image sensors
3. This radiation portion which is additionally
obtained for the evaluation of the image infor
mation by means of the etching pits can be
estimated by simple geometrical considera
tions.
In the illustrated embodiment, for example,
about twice the amount of light which is sup
plied by the proportion A will impinge upon
the surface of the image sensors 3.
In Fig. 3, the three-dimensional structure of
the etching pits 8 in an infra-red image re
ceiver having interline transfer is clearly
shown.
Fig. 4 shows, in three dimensions, an infra
red image receiver 1' in which the individual
image sensors 3' are applied in a uniform
raster pattern on the substrate surface 0'. The
read-out structures 4' are only indicated in
general. The reverse side R' of the substrate is ismasked with a raster-shaped silicon dioxide
mask and then etched anisotropically. In this
way, a rastered etching pit system 8' is
formed leaving truncated cones 10 below the
regions A' situated above the image sensors
3'. The etching pit system 8' has side walls
9', which are again aligned in the direction of
the (1 1 1)-crystal planes. By virtue of such a
formation on the reverse side R' of the sub
strate, about three times the amount of light
incident directly on the sensors 3' is directed
onto the image sensors 3'.
It is evident from Fig. 2 that the regions A'
and B should be so selected that the entire
surface of the image sensors 3 (or respec
tively 3') can be projected onto the side walls
9 (or respectively 9') taking into account the
relevant angles of incidence and reflection.
Claims (5)
1. A monolithic image receiver or detector,
for example an infra-red image receiver or de
tector comprising a plate-shaped monocrystal
line semiconductor substrate having image
sensors with neighbouring readout structures arranged in a mosaic pattern on the upper side thereof, and, in defined regions on the reverse side thereof, an arrangement for concentrating incident radiation onto the image sensors which arrangement is obtained by anisotropic etching of lattice planes of the monocrystalline semiconductor substrate.
2. An image receiver or detector as claimed in claim 1 wherein the substrate is a
Si-monocrystal and the arrangement for concentrating the incident radiation onto the image sensors is obtained by anisotropic etching of the (1 1 1)-planes of the Si-monocrystal.
3. An image receiver or detector as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the arrangement consists of combinations of etching pits which are triangular or trapezoidal in crosssection depending on the position of the image sensors with read-out structures.
4. An image receiver or detector as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein, by appropriate choice of the etching pit depth and the arrangement thereof, the largest possible "virtual" image sensor surface area is utilised.
5. A monolithic image receiver or detector substantially as hereinbefore described with references to and as illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 or Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
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