JPH08335688A - ピン光ダイオード集積能動画素センサー - Google Patents
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Abstract
検知要素内に集積される2つの技術(CMOS及びCC
D)の最適化を達成する。 【解決手段】 ピン光ダイオードは能動画素アーキテク
チャー内のプロセス段階で作られる。能動画素ピン光ダ
イオードないに集積された電荷は転送ゲートにより電荷
検知ノード内に転送される。浮遊拡散はそれぞれの画素
のアドレッシング能力を提供するCMOS回路に結合さ
れる。代替的に埋込チャンネル光コンデンサはピン光ダ
イオードの代わりに用いられる。
Description
関し、より詳細にはCMOS技術での電荷結合素子(C
CD)の集積技術に関する。
な能動デバイス内で電子画像センサーと称される。能動
画素センサーは同一チップ上に信号処理及び決定作成回
路を容易に収容可能であるという利点を有する。従来技
術の能動画素センサーは典型的には能動画像検知要素と
してポリシリコン光コンデンサ又は光ゲートを用いる。
これらの従来技術の能動画素センサーは青の応答が悪
く、高い暗電流があり、画像ラグを被る。
用いられ、青い光、暗電流密度、画像ラグに対するカラ
ー応答の領域で利点を有する。この理由でピン光ダイオ
ードは通常高性能画像センサーに関連する。これまでピ
ン光ダイオードは典型的には電荷結合デバイス用の光素
子として用いられてきた。そのようなピン光ダイオード
の使用の例はBurkey等によるIEDM84,19
84,28−31頁の「THE PINNED PHO
TODIODE FOR AN INTERLINE−
TRANSFER CCD IMAGE SENSO
R」に記載されている。しかしながら電荷結合デバイス
技術はデバイス上に配置されうる回路要素の量及び型に
おいて欠如している。
半導体技術で用いられ得るピン光ダイオードに対する半
導体技術でニーズがなお存在することは明白である。
(CMOS及びCCD)の最適化を提供することにより
従来技術の欠点を克服し、ここでピン光ダイオードは能
動画素センサーの画像検知要素内で集積される。
CCD技術で製造される。CCD技術からの適切なプロ
セス段階を導入することによりピン光ダイオードは能動
画素アーキテクチャー内に集積されうる。能動画素セン
サー青応答と暗電流限界を改善するために新たなCMO
Sイメージャーが混合プロセス技術を用いるピン光ダイ
オードで集積される。この技術は両方の技術から最高の
特徴を提供するためにCMOS及びCCDプロセスを結
合する。
術的特徴は両方の技術を用いるピン光ダイオードを有す
る能動画素センサーを製造するためにCMOS型の半導
体に用いられうる。図1はCMOSに基づく単一処理シ
ステム内で用いられるように本発明の能動画素センサー
に基づくピン光ダイオードを示す。能動画素センサーの
青応答を改善し、ラグを減少し、暗電流特性を最小化す
るために新たなCMOSイメージャーは混合されたプロ
セス技術を用いてピン光ダイオード12に集積される。
これは両方の技術から最良の特徴を有するセンサーを提
供するためにnウエルCMOS技術及びピン光ダイオー
ドCCDプロセスを結合する。nxmのピン光ダイオー
ド能動画素センサーは設計され、製造され、ここでnと
mはセンサーの端での画素の数である。本発明はCMO
S能動センサーでの画像センサーCCD技術により利点
を有する。
いられるデバイスの断面図である。これは混合プロセス
技術を用いるピン光ダイオード12(PPD)デバイス
で相補的金属酸化物半導体(CMOS)内で典型的に製
造される能動画素センサー(APS)アーキテクチャー
の集積の結果である。この新たな技術はCMOSと高性
能電荷結合素子(CCD)モジュールの混合を許容す
る。PPD12は転送14、浮遊拡散を介する読み取り
16、リセット18機能にたいする能動デバイスを含む
各画素を有するXYアドレス可能な領域配列での光動作
素子となる。nウエルCMOS技術は両方の技術からの
最良の特徴を提供するためにCCDプロセスと結合され
た。従来のAPSでポリシリコン光コンデンサ又は光ゲ
ートをピン光ダイオード12で置き換えることにより悪
い青の応答、画像ラグ、高い暗電流の欠点は最小化され
る。
ル光コンデンサ(図示せず)はCMOS技術が有する暗
電流での制限を有さない。埋込チャンネル光コンデンサ
はPPDに対する本質的に等価な暗電流特性を有する。
青応答問題は透明ゲート材料を用いることによりまた除
去されうる。そのような材料の例はインジウム錫酸化物
(ITO)である。故に両方を用いて透明ゲート電極を
有する埋込チャンネル光コンデンサはPPDにより達成
されたそれらと同様の青応答、暗電流に対する優れた特
性を提供する。透明電極を有する埋込チャンネル光コン
デンサとPPDの両方はCCD技術に典型的に関連する
デバイスである。本発明はCMOSプロセス能力を有す
るCCD技術からこれらのデバイスを導入する。埋込チ
ャンネル光コンデンサを用いる能動画素センサーの構成
はPPD実施例の転送ゲートと非常に類似に構造化され
た光コンデンサを有する図2のPPDに類似である。光
コンデンサ実施例の転送ゲートはPPD実施例により用
いられる転送ゲートの埋込チャンネルなしである。
よりそれぞれ得られるものに匹敵する性能を有する2つ
の技術の混合である。これは線形画像センサー及びCM
OSテスト回路で示されている。混合されたプロセス技
術ではプロセスフローの概略は図3から9に示される。
図3は本発明の制御回路の一部分を形成するPMOSト
ランジスタを含むために用いられるnウエル40を形成
するために本発明で用いられるパターン化及びイオンイ
ンプラントを示す。
しで、ウエル構造と共に又はなしでシリコン層2上に形
成されるように絶縁デバイスとして用いられる絶縁酸化
物/フィールド酸化物のパターン化及び成長を示す。図
6は本発明の画素の転送ゲート14を形成するために用
いられるn型埋込チャンネル15のパターン化及びイオ
ンインプラントを示す。埋込チャンネル15のインプラ
ントの後にフォトレジスト層52は除去され、ポリシリ
コン層26は基板上に形成される。ポリシリコン26は
局部相互接続及びトランジスタのゲートを形成するため
に用いられる。PMOS及びNMOSトランジスタの両
方はこのポリシリコン36により形成されたそれらのゲ
ートを有する。
26のパターン化及びソース及びドレイン領域を形成す
るためにN+ドーパントのインプラントを示す。これは
残余のポリシリコンに自己配列されるソース及びドレイ
ン領域を生ずる。これは好ましい実施例でのNMOSト
ランジスタを形成する。図8は2つの付加的なインプラ
ントに対するフォトレジスト56領域でパターン化され
ることによるPPDの構造を示す。第一のインプラント
は上記のソース及びドレインインプラントにより以前に
用いられたのより深くN+不純物をインプラントするこ
とによりフォトダイオードを作ることである。より深い
インプラントはそれと共に入射光キャリアに対する収集
路を増加するために光応答での実質的な増加を得る。そ
れからピン層22インプラントはフォトダイオード32
の表面付近に残る低エネルギーP+ドーパントの高ドー
ズを用いて作られる。
及びそれに続くPMOSトランジスタのソース/ドレイ
ンのイオンインプラントを示す。NMOSトランジスタ
に関してPMOSトランジスタに対するソース/ドレイ
ンインプラントは選択されたポリシリコンで自己配列さ
れる。P+インプラントはPMOSトランジスタを構成
するよう用いられる。
階により完成される。本発明のイメージャーアーキテク
チャーはそれらの全体的な性能を増加するために従来技
術のデバイスの信号処理回路に用いられる得る。その例
は本発明のジェット推進研究所で実施された初期の設計
への導入である。この初期の設計はIEEE Tran
sactions on Electron Devi
ces,Vol.41,No.3、1994年3月(以
下にJPLと称する)に記載される。能動画素センサー
内に集積された光ゲートを記載する一方でJPLにより
開示されたデバイスは満足できる青波長のカラー応答を
有するセンサーを提供しない。付加的にJPLデバイス
は充分低い暗電流ノイズ特性を持たない。本発明は従来
CMOS技術で応用されなかったピン光ダイオード技術
を導入することによりこれらの欠点を克服する。これは
青い光に対する優れた応答と改善された暗電流ノイズ特
性とを有する画像センサーを提供する。
しい実施例により開示されてきた一方で、種々の改良は
当業者に対して明らかである。これらの明らかな改良は
請求項の範囲であると考えるべきものである。
オードを示す。
バイスの断面図である。
セス段階を示す図である。
セス段階を示す図である。
セス段階を示す図である。
セス段階を示す図である。
セス段階を示す図である。
セス段階を示す図である。
セス段階を示す図である。
Claims (1)
- 【請求項1】 ピン光ダイオードを能動画素センサー内
に集積する方法であって、 基板の主要な表面上に少なくとも1つの導電性層を含む
一連のマスク層を有するように第一の導電性型の半導体
材料から作られた基板を設け;制御回路が設けられる領
域内に第一の導電性型と逆の第二の導電性型の少なくと
も一つのウエルを形成し、基板上に能動領域を形成し;
少なくとも一つの転送ゲート及び一連の局部相互接続を
パターン化し;所定のトランジスタの組に対するソース
とドレインの第一の組を表すパターンを形成し、ドレイ
ンが転送ゲートに対して自己整列するように各転送ゲー
トに対して少なくとも一つのドレインを含む電荷検知手
段用の構造を形成し;ソースとドレインの第一の組を作
るように第一の導電性型と逆の第二の導電性型をインプ
ラントし;転送ゲートに隣接する少なくとも1つの画像
検知領域をパターン化し;画像検知領域内に光ダイオー
ドを作るために第二の導電性型の材料をインプラント
し;光ダイオードの上に第一の導電性型からなるピン層
をインプラントし;トランジスタの所定の組に対するソ
ースとドレインの第二の組を表すパターンを作り;ソー
スとドレインの第二の組を作るために第一の導電性型を
インプラントし;ソースドレインの第一及び第二に組上
に所定の接点の組を作る各段階からなる方法。
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