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Abstract
【解決手段】 本発明の固体撮像装置は、光電変換部と、第1導電型の第1半導体領域を含んで構成される電荷保持部と、前記電荷保持部とセンスノードとの間のポテンシャルを制御する転送ゲート電極を含んで構成される転送部と、を有し、前記電荷保持部は、制御電極を含み、前記制御電極と前記転送ゲート電極との間の半導体領域の表面に、前記第1半導体領域よりも不純物濃度が高い第2導電型の第2半導体領域が配され、前記第2半導体領域の下部に第1導電型の第3半導体領域が配され、前記第3半導体領域は前記第1半導体領域よりも深い位置に配されることを特徴とする。
【選択図】 図1
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図1は本発明に係る一実施形態である固体撮像装置の画素断面の概略図である。
図2に本実施例の画素断面の概略図を示す。実施例1と同様の機能を有する部分には同様の符号を付し詳細な説明は省略する。
図3に本実施例の画素断面の概略図、図4に画素の上面図を示す。図5に図3のY−Y´断面における不純物プロファイルの概念図である。図3は図4のA−B部分の断面図となる。実施例1、2と同様の機能を有する部分には同様の符号を付し詳細な説明は省略する。
図6に本発明の固体撮像装置の製造プロセスを説明するための画素断面の概略図を示す。各実施例と同様の機能を有する部分には同様の符号を付し詳細な説明は省略する。
図7は以上に述べた全実施例に適用可能な固体撮像装置の等価回路図である。この等価回路を有する固体撮像装置はグローバル電子シャッタ動作が可能となる。
102 電荷保持部
114 制御電極
113 転送ゲート電極
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- 入射した光に応じて電荷を生成する光電変換部と、
前記光電変換部で生成された電荷を前記光電変換部とは別の場所で保持する第1導電型の第1半導体領域を含んで構成される電荷保持部と、
前記電荷保持部とセンスノードとの間のポテンシャルを制御する転送ゲート電極を含んで構成される転送部と、を有する画素を複数備える固体撮像装置であって、
前記電荷保持部は、前記第1半導体領域の上部に絶縁膜を介して配された制御電極を含み、
前記制御電極と前記転送ゲート電極との間の半導体領域の表面に、前記第1半導体領域よりも不純物濃度が高い第2導電型の第2半導体領域が配され、
前記第2半導体領域の下部の前記電荷保持部から前記センスノードヘの電荷経路となる位置に第1導電型の第3半導体領域が配され、
前記第3半導体領域は前記第1半導体領域よりも深い位置に配されることを特徴とする固体撮像装置。 - 前記第3半導体領域の不純物濃度は前記第1半導体領域の不純物濃度よりも高いことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の固体撮像装置。
- 前記第1半導体領域の下部に、前記第1半導体領域とPN接合を構成するように第2導電型の第4半導体領域が配されていることを特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載の固体撮像装置。
- 前記センスノードはフローティングディフュージョンを含み、
前記第4半導体領域よりも深い位置に、前記第4半導体領域の少なくとも一部、前記転送ゲート電極、及び前記フローティングディフュージョンのそれぞれの下部にわたって配された第2導電型の第5半導体領域を有することを特徴とする請求項3に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記第5半導体領域は、深さの異なる複数の第2導電型の半導体領域を含んで構成されることを特徴とする請求項4に記載の固体撮像装置。
- 前記画素の各々において、前記第5半導体領域の光電変換部側の端部が、前記第2半導体領域の光電変換部側の端部に比べて、光電変換部から離れた位置にあり、
前記第2半導体領域の少なくとも一部の下部に前記光電変換部の一部を構成する第1導電型の半導体領域が配されていることを特徴とする請求項5に記載の固体撮像装置。 - 前記光電変換部と前記電荷保持部との間の電荷経路が埋め込みチャネルであることを特徴とする請求項1〜6のいずれか1項に記載の固体撮像装置。
- 請求項1〜7に記載の固体撮像装置の製造方法であって、前記第2半導体領域と前記第3半導体領域とは、同一マスクを用いて、前記制御電極及び前記転送ゲート電極に対してセルフアラインで形成されることを特徴とする固体撮像装置の製造方法。
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