KR20100076496A - Image sensor and manufacturing method of image sensor - Google Patents
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Abstract
An image sensor according to an embodiment includes a first substrate having a readout circuit, an ion implantation region, and an electrical junction region; A first insulating layer including a metal structure connected to the electrical bonding region and formed on the first substrate; A second conductive second conductive layer formed on the first insulating layer, a second conductive first conductive layer formed on the second conductive second conductive layer, and a first conductive layer formed on the second conductive first conductive layer A second substrate on which an image sensing unit including a conductive layer is formed; And a second electrode layer of amorphous oxide formed on the first conductive conductive layer.
According to the embodiment, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of an interface defect between the photodiode and the transparent electrode layer by forming a transparent electrode layer having the same amorphous characteristics as the photodiode and having the same optical characteristics as the crystalline oxide.
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Embodiments relate to an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the image sensor.
An image sensor is a semiconductor device that converts an optical image into an electrical signal, and is divided into a charge coupled device (CCD) and a CMOS image sensor (CIS). do.
In the prior art, a photodiode is formed on the substrate by ion implantation. However, as the size of the photodiode gradually decreases for the purpose of increasing the number of pixels without increasing the chip size, the image quality decreases due to the reduction of the area of the light receiver.
In addition, a method of increasing the electron generation rate by increasing the capacitance of the photodiode has been considered, but there is a limit to extending the depletion region of the photodiode to increase the capacitance, and is formed by a back end process of the photodiode. The light opening ratio is lowered by the structure.
One alternative to overcome this is to deposit photodiodes with amorphous Si, or read-out circuitry using wafer-to-wafer bonding such as silicon substrates. And a photodiode on another substrate on the lead-out circuit (referred to as "three-dimensional image sensor", "PD-up CIS") have been tried.
This structure is achieved by sequentially forming n + regions, n− regions, and p + regions in the photodiode region of the other substrate defined as the device isolation film.
According to this structure, the photo-opening ratio can be improved, and as the depletion region (p− region) of the photodiode is expanded, a large value of capacitance can be realized to obtain a high electron generation rate.
In this case, a transparent oxide conductor (TCO) is formed on the photodiode to form an electrode layer, wherein the electrode layer is a crystalline oxide such as indium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), tin oxide, zinc oxide (ZnO), or the like. It is formed using.
However, since the crystalline oxide such as ITO is an n-type conductor and the photodiode is amorphous silicon, many interface defects are generated due to the difference in crystallinity between the two layers, and the performance of the image sensor is degraded due to such interface defects. have.
The embodiment relates to a three-dimensional image sensor having a vertical structure. An image sensor and an image in which an interface defect does not occur between a photodiode and a transparent electrode layer by forming a transparent electrode layer having no crystallinity difference with an amorphous silicon substrate on which a photodiode is formed. It provides a method for manufacturing a sensor.
An image sensor according to an embodiment includes a first substrate having a readout circuit, an ion implantation region, and an electrical junction region; A first insulating layer including a metal structure connected to the electrical bonding region and formed on the first substrate; A second conductive second conductive layer formed on the first insulating layer, a second conductive first conductive layer formed on the second conductive second conductive layer, and a first conductive layer formed on the second conductive first conductive layer A second substrate on which an image sensing unit including a conductive layer is formed; And a second electrode layer of amorphous oxide formed on the first conductive conductive layer.
In another embodiment, a method of manufacturing an image sensor includes: forming a readout circuit, an ion implantation region, and an electrical junction region on a first substrate; Forming a first insulating layer including a metal structure connected to the electrical bonding region on the first substrate; A first conductive type conductive layer is formed on the second substrate to a predetermined depth, a second conductive type first conductive layer is formed on the first conductive type conductive layer, and a first conductive layer is formed on the second conductive type first conductive layer. Forming an image sensing unit by forming a second conductive second conductive layer; The second substrate is turned upside down to be combined with the first insulating layer, and the remaining portion of the second substrate under the image sensing unit is removed; And forming a second electrode layer of amorphous oxide on the first conductive conductive layer.
According to the embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
First, an interface defect between the photodiode and the transparent electrode layer may be prevented by forming a transparent electrode layer having the same amorphous property as the photodiode and having the same optical characteristics as the crystalline oxide.
Second, since the interface defect between the photodiode and the transparent electrode layer can be minimized, the sensitivity of the vertical image sensor can be improved.
Third, since the amorphous transparent electrode layer has excellent bonding power with the photodiode and can be deposited at room temperature, it is possible to eliminate the heat treatment process and replace the transparent electrode layer using an expensive crystalline oxide such as ITO. This simplifies the process and reduces production costs.
With reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail with respect to the image sensor and the manufacturing method of the image sensor according to the embodiment.
Hereinafter, in describing the embodiments, detailed descriptions of related well-known functions or configurations are deemed to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, and thus only the essential components directly related to the technical spirit of the present invention will be referred to. .
In the description of an embodiment according to the present invention, each layer (film), region, pattern or structure may be "on" or "under" the substrate, each layer (film), region, pad or pattern. "On" and "under" include both "directly" or "indirectly" formed through another layer, as described in do. Also, the criteria for top, bottom, or bottom of each layer will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 is a side cross-sectional view showing the structure of an image sensor according to an embodiment.
The embodiment has taken the CMOS image sensor as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is applicable to an image sensor that requires a photodiode.
The image sensor according to the embodiment is a
Hereinafter, the structure of the image sensor according to the embodiment along with the manufacturing method of the image sensor according to the embodiment will be described in detail.
The
First, an
Although only one transistor is illustrated in FIG. 1, the
Thereafter, a floating diffusion region, an
For example, the
Subsequently, the first
Therefore, the electrons generated by the
2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the shape of the
Next, as shown in FIG. 2, a
For example, the
3 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a form after the
Next, a first conductive type
Thereafter, a second conductive first
Thereafter, the embodiment may further include forming a high concentration second conductive second
When the second conductive second
4 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a form after the
Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the
Thereafter, the
By removing a portion of the
The
In addition, the
For example, ZIO is a material doped with In2O3 in ZnO, and compared with ITO. First, it is possible to deposit at room temperature, thus eliminating a heat treatment process for expressing electrical properties. Second, amorphous film is deposited at room temperature. Therefore, it is possible to minimize defects that may occur at the interface between crystalline ITO and amorphous silicon.
As described above, the
1, the second insulating
Thereafter, the exposed area of the second insulating
Next, a third
The second
When the third insulating
Thereafter, the planarization layer and the micro lens process may be further performed.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood that various modifications and applications other than those described above are possible. For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiments of the present invention can be modified and implemented. And differences relating to such modifications and applications will have to be construed as being included in the scope of the invention defined in the appended claims.
1 is a side cross-sectional view showing the structure of an image sensor according to an embodiment;
Fig. 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the form of a second substrate after the crystalline semiconductor layer according to the embodiment is formed.
Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing the form after the image sensing unit is formed on the second substrate according to the embodiment.
4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a form after the second substrate is bonded to the first insulating layer and the second electrode layer is formed according to the embodiment.
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