KR20110079329A - Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
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Embodiments relate to an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same.
An image sensor is a semiconductor device that converts an optical image into an electrical signal, and is classified into a charge coupled device (CCD) image sensor and a CMOS image sensor (CIS). .
In general, an image sensor forms a photodiode on a silicon substrate by ion implantation. As the size of the photodiode gradually decreases for the purpose of increasing the number of pixels without increasing the chip size, the image characteristic decreases due to the reduction of the area of the light receiver.
In addition, since the stack height is not reduced as much as the area of the light receiving unit is reduced, the number of photons incident on the light receiving unit also decreases due to a diffraction phenomenon of light called an airy disk.
As an alternative to overcome this, an attempt is made to receive light through the wafer back side to minimize the step difference of the light receiving unit, and to prevent the phenomenon of light interference caused by metal routing (back light receiving). Image sensor).
In such a back-receiving image sensor, there is no device isolation region on the rear surface of the substrate, which is very vulnerable to optical cross talk.
The embodiment provides an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same that can improve image characteristics.
An image sensor according to an embodiment includes a plurality of light receiving units formed for each unit pixel on a front side of a semiconductor substrate; A metal wiring layer including wiring formed on an entire surface of the semiconductor substrate; And a light guide formed at a rear side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and condensing light with at least one of the light receiving units.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a method of manufacturing an image sensor includes: forming a plurality of light receiving units for each unit pixel on a front side of a semiconductor substrate; Forming a metal wiring layer including wiring on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; And forming a light guide formed on a rear side of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and condensing light to at least one of the light receiving units.
In the image sensor according to the embodiment, an optical guide for condensing light to the light receiving unit may be disposed on the rear side of the semiconductor substrate.
The light guide may be arranged to correspond to a blue color and a green color having a relatively short wavelength.
Accordingly, the formation of the electron-hole pair by the blue color or the green color signal is made in the corresponding photodiode depletion region, and crosstalk can be effectively suppressed.
Hereinafter, a back light receiving image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same according to an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the description of the embodiments, where it is described as being formed "on / under" of each layer, it is understood that the phase is formed directly or indirectly through another layer. It includes everything.
9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an image sensor according to an embodiment.
The image sensor according to the embodiment includes a plurality of
The
An
The
The
The
For example, the
The light passing through the
The light guide may be disposed at positions corresponding to the
For example, a
The
For example, the insulating layer may be a polymer including a photosensitive material, or may be an insulating film including an oxide film or a nitride film.
The
The
That is, the
As described above, the first and
This may be vulnerable to crosstalk of the blue signal at the bottom of the light receiver because light incidence in the back-receiving image sensor is made through the back of the substrate and red, green and blue regions are formed from the substrate surface.
In an exemplary embodiment, since the
In addition, since the
Although not shown, a third light guide having a third depth D3 that is shallower than the second depth D2 may be disposed on a rear surface of the
A first doped
The first and second
Dark currents caused by the surface of the
In the image sensor according to the embodiment, an optical guide for condensing light to the light receiving unit may be disposed on the rear side of the semiconductor substrate.
The light guide may be arranged to correspond to a blue color and a green color having a relatively short wavelength.
Accordingly, the formation of the electron-hole pair by the blue color or the green color signal is made in the corresponding photodiode depletion region, and crosstalk can be effectively suppressed.
Hereinafter, a method of manufacturing an image sensor according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9.
First, as shown in FIG. 1, the pixel isolation region is defined by forming the
The
The
Next, a unit pixel including the
The
The
For example, the first light receiver PD1 generates photocharges for the blue signal, the second light receiver PD2 generates photocharges for the green signal, and the third light receiver PD3 is light for the red signal. It can generate a charge.
The
By the p-type ion implantation region, excess electrons and the like can be prevented. In addition, the embodiment may form a PNP junction to obtain a charge dumping effect.
The lead-out
For example, the
The embodiment may be a mirror type pixel (Mirror Type-2-Shared) structure in which two unit pixels share one floating diffusion region, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and each unit pixel may include one floating diffusion region. have.
Next, the
Meanwhile, a carrier wafer (not shown) may be bonded onto the interlayer insulating
Referring to FIG. 2, a portion of the back side opposite to the front side of the
For example, the lower side is removed based on the ion implantation layer (not shown) formed in the lower region of the front surface of the
That is, the heat treatment of the ion implantation layer (not shown) may be performed to remove hydrogen ions by cutting them with a blade or the like after porosizing the hydrogen ions. Thereafter, a planarization process may be performed on the rear surface of the
Alternatively, the opposite side of the front side of the
Referring to FIG. 3, a
For example, the
An
The
The
Referring to FIG. 4, a
The
For example, the
An etching process using the
The first trench T1 may be formed by etching the
For example, the first trench T1 may be formed to have a first depth D1 based on the
The first depth D1 of the first trench T1 may be formed in consideration of an epitaxial layer, a depth of depletion of the photodiode, and a penetration depth of the silicon substrate of the blue signal.
Accordingly, the optical path of the first light receiving portion PD1 corresponding to the lower portion of the first trench T1 may be shortened.
Referring to FIG. 5, a first doped
For example, the first doped
The first
Referring to FIG. 6, a second trench T2 is formed on the rear side of the
The second trench T2 may be formed through an etching process using a photoresist pattern (not shown) for selectively exposing the
The second light receiver PD2 may be a photodiode for sensing a green color signal.
For example, the second trench T2 may be formed to have a second depth D2 that is shallower than the first depth D1.
Accordingly, the optical path of the second light receiving portion PD2 corresponding to the lower portion of the second trench T2 may be shortened.
The second
The optical path of incident light may be shortened by the formation of the first and second trenches T1 and T2. That is, since the rear side of the semiconductor substrate is removed to a certain depth and the optical path is shortened by the removed depth, the light sensing ratios of the first and second light receiving parts PD1 and PD2 can be improved.
Referring to FIG. 7, a
The first and second light guides 175 and 185 may be formed by gap-filling an insulating material into the first and second trenches T1 and T2.
For example, the insulating material may be a polymer layer including a photosensitive film. Alternatively, the insulating material may be an insulating layer including an oxide film or a nitride film.
The first and second light guides 175 and 185 may be gapfilled with an insulating material into the first and second trenches T1 and T2, and may be formed by a planarization process using CMP.
The first and second light guides 175 and 185 may have the same surface height as the
Therefore, the
Although not shown, a light guide may be formed at a position corresponding to the third light receiving portion PD3.
The
Incident light may be incident to the first and second light receiving parts PD1 and PD2 by the
Referring to FIG. 8, a
The
For example, the
The
In general, the red signal corresponding to the long wavelength is formed in the deep region of the semiconductor substrate, and the blue signal corresponding to the short wavelength is formed in the shallow region of the semiconductor substrate and may be formed in the middle region which is the green signal corresponding to the medium wavelength.
In an embodiment, the first and second light guides 175 and 185 are formed under the
That is, the optical paths of the first and second light receiving parts PD1 and PD2 which generate short-wave photoelectric charges through the first and second light guides 175 and 185 may be shortened, and the light sensitivity may be uniform.
In addition, since the first and second light guides 175 and 185 inject light into the first and second light receiving units PD1 and PD2 of the corresponding pixel, crosstalk may be prevented and image characteristics may be improved.
Referring to FIG. 9,
The
10 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an image sensor according to another exemplary embodiment. In the description of the embodiments, the same reference numerals may be used for the same configuration as the above-described embodiment, and the same technical features may be employed.
However, in some embodiments, a color filter may be formed in the trench.
For example, the trench may include a first trench T1 corresponding to the first light receiver PD1, a second trench T2 corresponding to the second light receiver PD2, and a third light receiver PD3 corresponding to the third light receiver PD3. Includes a trench T3.
The first trench T2 is formed at a first depth D1 based on the surface of the
A
The first, second, and
Accordingly, the image sensor can achieve high integration, and can also improve image characteristics.
The present invention is not limited to the described embodiments and drawings, and various other embodiments are possible within the scope of the claims.
1 to 10 are cross-sectional views illustrating a manufacturing process of an image sensor according to an embodiment.
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