WO2005008788A1 - 裏面入射型光検出素子 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a back illuminated photodetector.
- a P + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 102 and an N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 103 are formed on the surface layer on the front side of the N-type silicon substrate 101.
- An anode electrode 104 and a force source electrode 105 are connected to the P + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 102 and the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 103, respectively.
- bump electrodes 106 for forming a soldering force are formed.
- a portion corresponding to the P + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 102 is thinned from the back side. This thinned part becomes the incident part of the light to be detected.
- the back illuminated photodiode 100 is mounted on a ceramic package 107 by flip chip bonding as shown in FIG. That is, the bump electrode 106 of the back-illuminated photodiode 100 is connected to the solder pad 109 provided on the bottom wiring 108 of the ceramic package 107.
- the bottom wiring 108 is electrically connected to the output terminal pin 110 by wire bonding.
- a window frame 111 is seam-welded to the surface of the ceramic package 107 with a brazing material 112.
- An opening is formed in the window frame 111 at a position corresponding to the thinned portion of the back illuminated photodiode 100, and a transparent window material 113 such as Kovar glass for transmitting the light to be detected is provided in the opening. ing.
- Patent document 1 JP-A-9-219421
- Patent Document 1 discloses a CSP (chip size package) for semiconductor electronic components.
- the technology is disclosed.
- both sides of a wafer on which semiconductor electronic components are fabricated are sealed with an organic material such as resin, and an opening is formed by photolithography in an organic material provided on one side of the wafer.
- An electrode is formed in the opening.
- the back-illuminated photodiode has a low mechanical strength because the portion that becomes the incident portion of the detection light is thinned.
- a flat collet is used in a back-illuminated photodiode assembly instead of a pyramid collet.
- heat and pressure are applied from the heater block while the back illuminated photodiode is sucked by the flat collet with the back surface as the suction surface.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a back illuminated photodetector capable of sufficiently reducing the size of a package and suppressing scattering of light to be detected. With the goal.
- a back illuminated photodetector is provided on a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type and a surface layer on a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and has a second conductivity type.
- the provision of the coating layer improves the mechanical strength of the back-illuminated photodetector. Since the dicing at the wafer level becomes possible by improving the mechanical strength, a chip-sized back-illuminated photodetector can be obtained. You can. Thus, a back illuminated photodetector having a sufficiently small package is realized.
- the coating layer is made of a resin that transmits the light to be detected, it can be used as a transmission window material for the light to be detected, not only by improving the mechanical strength of the back illuminated light detection element.
- a portion provided on the concave portion is depressed with respect to a portion provided on the outer edge portion of the concave portion. Therefore, even if a flat collet is used for assembly, the surface of the coating layer provided on the concave portion does not come into contact with the flat collet. Accordingly, the incident portion of the surface of the coating layer on which the light to be detected is incident is not damaged, and the scattering of the light to be detected is suppressed.
- the back illuminated photodetector according to the present invention preferably includes a support film provided on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and supporting the semiconductor substrate. In this case, the mechanical strength of the back illuminated photodetector is further improved.
- a filling electrode penetrating the support film and having one end electrically connected to the impurity semiconductor region is provided.
- the detection signal can be easily taken out of the back illuminated photodetector.
- the high-concentration impurity semiconductor region to which the impurity of the first conductivity type is added at a high concentration is exposed on the entire side surface of the semiconductor substrate. In this case, even when the side surface of the semiconductor substrate is damaged by dicing or the like, unnecessary carriers generated near the side surface of the semiconductor substrate can be trapped by the high-concentration impurity semiconductor region. Current and noise can be suppressed.
- a high-concentration impurity layer in which impurities of the first conductivity type are added at a high concentration is provided on the bottom surface of the concave portion.
- This high concentration impurity layer functions as an accumulation layer. This makes it easier for the carriers generated by the incidence of the light to be detected to proceed to the first surface side of the semiconductor substrate, thereby improving the sensitivity of the back-illuminated photodetector.
- a high-concentration impurity layer to which a first-conductivity-type impurity is added at a high concentration is provided on the surface layer on the second surface side of the outer edge of the semiconductor substrate. In this case, even if a crystal defect occurs near the surface on the second surface side of the outer edge, the crystal defect occurs. The current and noise generated due to this can be suppressed by the high concentration impurity layer.
- a back-illuminated photodetector capable of sufficiently reducing the size of a package and suppressing scattering of light to be detected is realized.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of a back illuminated photodetector according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a view for explaining an effect of the back illuminated photodiode 1 shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a process drawing showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a process drawing showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 5 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 6 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 7 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 8 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 9 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 10 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 11 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 12 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 13 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 14 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- 15 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 16 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 17 is a process chart showing a method for manufacturing the back-illuminated photodiode 1 of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing a second embodiment of a back illuminated photodetector according to the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a view for explaining an example of a method for forming the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 in FIG. 18.
- FIG. 20 is a view for explaining an example of a method for forming the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 in FIG. 18.
- FIG. 21 An example of a method for forming the N + type high concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 in FIG. It is a figure for clarification.
- FIG. 22 is a plan view showing a back-illuminated photodetector according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view of the back-illuminated photodiode array 3 shown in FIG. 22, taken along the line XII—XII.
- FIG. 24 is a sectional view showing a conventional back illuminated photodiode.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of a back illuminated photodetector according to the present invention.
- the back illuminated photodiode 1 receives the detection light from the back side, generates carriers by the incidence of the detection light, and outputs the generated carrier as a detection signal from the front side.
- the back illuminated photodiode 1 includes an N-type semiconductor substrate 10, a P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11, a concave portion 12, and a coating layer 13.
- the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 for example, a silicon substrate to which an N-type impurity such as phosphorus is added can be used.
- the impurity concentration of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 is, for example, 10 12 -10 15 / cm 3 .
- the thickness t 1 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 is, for example, 200 to 500 ⁇ .
- the conductor region 11 is formed.
- the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 is doped with a p-type impurity such as boron and forms a pn junction with the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- the impurity concentration of the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 is, for example, 10 15 to 10 2 Q / cm 3 .
- the depth of the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 is, for example, 0.1 to 20 zm.
- a recess 12 is formed in a region of the back surface (second surface) S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 opposite to the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11.
- the concave portion 12 becomes an incident portion of the light to be detected.
- the concave portion 12 has a shape whose width gradually decreases from the back surface S2 to the front surface S1.
- the shape of the concave portion 12 can be, for example, a quadrangular pyramid shape or a tapered shape in which the width gradually decreases from the back surface S2 to the front surface S1.
- the depth of the recess 12 is, for example, 2 to 400 zm.
- a region of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 sandwiched between the concave bottom surface S3 and the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 is generated by the incident light to be detected from the rear surface S2 side.
- the carrier is made thinner than the other regions so that the carriers can easily reach the vicinity of the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 provided on the surface layer on the surface S1 side.
- the thickness of the thinned region is, for example, 10 to 200 ⁇ m.
- the coating layer 13 is made of a resin transparent to the light to be detected, that is, a resin having a sufficient transmittance for the wavelength of the light to be detected.
- a resin include an epoxy-based, silicone-based, acrylic-based or polyimide-based resin, or a resin made of a composite material thereof.
- the coating layer 13 functions as a protective layer for protecting the back surface S2 and as a transmission window material for transmitting light to be detected incident on the concave portion 12. In the coating layer 13, a portion provided on the concave portion 12 is depressed with respect to a portion provided on the outer edge portion 14 of the concave portion 12.
- the surface of the coating layer 13 provided in the portion where the concave portion 12 is formed enters the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 side more than the surface of the coating layer 13 provided in the outer edge portion 14 of the concave portion 12.
- the outer edge portion 14 refers to a portion of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 surrounding the concave portion 12 from the side.
- the thickness of the coating layer 13 on the outer edge 14 is, for example, 5-500 zm, preferably 250 ⁇ m.
- the back-illuminated photodiode 1 includes an N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21, an N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22, insulating films 23 and 24, an anode electrode 25, and a force source electrode 26. Yes.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is formed on the entire surface layer on the back surface S2 side of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is doped with an N-type impurity at a higher concentration than the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- the impurity concentration of the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is, for example, 10 15 to 10 2 ° / cm 3 .
- the depth of the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is, for example, 0.1 to 20 zm.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 is formed on the surface layer on the surface S1 side of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 at a predetermined distance from the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 has a high concentration of N-type impurities similarly to the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21. It has the function of suppressing surface leakage current in S1.
- the impurity concentration of the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 is, for example, 10 15 to 10 2 ° / cm 3 .
- the depth of the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 is, for example, 0.130 zm.
- the insulating film 23 and the insulating film 24 are formed on the front surface S1 and the back surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10, respectively.
- the insulating films 23 and 24 are made of, for example, Si.
- the thickness of the insulating film 23 is, for example, 0.1-2 / im.
- the thickness of the insulating film 24 is, for example, 0.05-1 / im.
- Openings (contact holes) 23a and 23b are formed in the insulating film 23.
- One of the openings 23a is in the portion of the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11, and the other is a N + -type high-concentration impurity. It is provided in the part of the semiconductor region 22.
- An anode electrode 25 and a cathode electrode 26 are formed in regions including the openings 23a and 23b on the insulating film 23, respectively.
- the thickness of these electrodes 25 and 26 is, for example, 1 ⁇ .
- These electrodes 25 and 26 are provided so as to fill the openings 23a and 23b, respectively.
- the anode electrode 25 is directly connected to the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 through the opening 23a
- the force source electrode 26 is directly connected to the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 through the opening 23b.
- A1 is used as the anode electrode 25 and the force sword electrode 26, for example.
- the back illuminated photodiode 1 includes a non-volatile film 31, a support film 32, filling electrodes 33a and 33b, UBMs (Under Bump Metal) 34a and 34b, and bumps 35a and 35b.
- the insulation film 31 is formed on the insulating film 2 on the surface S1 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10. 3. It is provided so as to cover the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26. Further, in the portion of the passivation film 31 provided on the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26, a through-hole 31a is formed to be filled with filling electrodes 33a and 33b described later.
- the passivation film 31 is made of, for example, SiN, and protects the surface S1 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- the passivation film 31 can be formed by, for example, a plasma CVD method. Further, the thickness of the passivation film 31 is, for example, 1 ⁇ m.
- a support film 32 is formed on the passivation film 31.
- the support film 32 supports the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- a through hole 32a is formed to fill the filling electrodes 33a and 33b together with the through hole 31a.
- a material of the support film 32 for example, resin or SiO by plasma CVD or the like can be used.
- the thickness of the support film 32 is, for example, 2
- It is 100 ⁇ m, preferably 50 ⁇ m.
- the filling electrodes 33a and 33b are filled in the through holes 31a and 32a, and have one end in contact with the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26, respectively, so that the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 and the N + -type It is electrically connected to the high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22.
- the other ends of the filling electrodes 33 a and 33 b are both exposed on the surface of the support film 32. That is, the filling electrodes 33a and 33b penetrate the passivation film 31 and the support film 32, and extend from the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26 to the surface of the support film 32, respectively.
- the filling electrodes 33a and 33b have a substantially columnar shape.
- filling electrodes 33a and 33b are for electrically connecting the electrodes 25 and 26 to bumps 35a and 35b described later.
- the filling electrodes 33a and 33b are made of, for example, Cu.
- the diameter of the through holes 31a, 32a is, for example, 10-200 ⁇ 200 ⁇ , and preferably 100 zm.
- the portions of the filling electrodes 33a, 33b exposed on the surface of the support film 32 are formed with UBMs 34a, 34b.
- the UBMs 34a and 34b are made of, for example, Ni and Au laminated films.
- the thickness of the UBMs 34a and 34b is 0.15 x m for f rows.
- bumps 35a and 35b are formed with force S. Therefore, the bumps 35a and 35b are electrically connected to the anode electrode 25 and the cathode electrode 26, respectively. Bumps 35a and 35b make contact with UBM34a and 34b Except for the surface, it is almost spherical.
- solder, gold, Ni—Au, Cu, or a resin containing a metal filler can be used as the bumps 35a and 35b.
- the operation of the back illuminated photodiode 1 will be described.
- a reverse bias voltage is applied to the back illuminated photodiode 1 and a depletion layer is generated in the thinned region of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- the light to be detected that has passed through the coating layer 13 and entered the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 from the concave portion 12 is mainly absorbed in the thinned region.
- carriers holes and electrons
- the generated holes and electrons move to the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 and the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 according to the reverse bias electric field.
- the holes and electrons that have reached the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 and the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 move to the bumps 35a and 35b through the filling electrodes 33a and 33b and the UBMs 34a and 34b. It is output as a detection signal from 35a and 35b.
- the provision of the coating layer 13 improves the mechanical strength of the back-illuminated photodiode 1.
- the covering layer 13 is provided on the concave portion 12, even if pressure or heat is applied to the back illuminated photodiode 1 during assembly, warpage and radius of the thinned region of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 are suppressed. , Damage and the like can be prevented.
- the dicing at the wafer level can be performed by improving the mechanical strength, it is possible to obtain the chip-size back-illuminated photodiode 1.
- the coating layer 13 a portion provided on the concave portion 12 is depressed with respect to a portion provided on the outer edge portion 14 of the concave portion 12. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, even when the flat collet FC is used in the assembly, the surface of the coating layer 13 provided on the concave portion 12 does not contact the flat collet FC. Accordingly, the incident portion of the detection light on the surface of the coating layer 13 is not damaged, and the scattering of the detection light is suppressed. Therefore, a highly sensitive back-illuminated photodiode 1 is realized. Further, since the coating layer 13 is also provided on the outer edge portion 14, the flat collet FC does not directly contact the outer edge portion 14. For this reason, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of crystal defects in the outer edge portion 14 due to the contact with the flat collet FC, and it is also possible to suppress the generation of “current” noise due to the crystal defects.
- the coating layer 13 since a resin is used as the coating layer 13, it is easy to process the coating layer 13 into a desired shape.
- the provision of the support film 32 improves the mechanical strength of the back-illuminated photodiode 1 by one layer.
- the filling electrodes 33a and 33b may be formed on the side walls of the through holes 31a and 32a, and may be electrically connected to the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26.
- N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is formed on the entire surface layer on the back surface S2 side of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 provided on the bottom surface S3 of the recess 12 in the surface layer of the back surface S2 functions as an accumulation layer. This can prevent carriers generated in the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 from recombining near the bottom surface S3. For this reason, a more sensitive back-illuminated photodiode 1 is realized.
- the impurity concentration of the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is preferably 10 15 / cm 3 or more. In this case, the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 can suitably function as an accumulation layer.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 provided in the surface layer on the back surface S2 side of the outer edge portion 14 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 can be used even when crystal defects occur in the outer edge portion 14. ⁇ Current and noise generated due to crystal defects can be suppressed. Therefore, according to the back-illuminated photodiode 1, a detection signal can be obtained with a high SN ratio. Also at this time, the impurity concentration of the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is preferably 10 15 / cm 3 or more. In this case, the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 can sufficiently suppress ⁇ current and noise generated due to crystal defects.
- An example of a method for manufacturing the back illuminated photodiode 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
- the N + -type semiconductor substrate 10 is doped with boron through the opening to form the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11. Thereafter, the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 is oxidized to form an insulating film 23 on the surface S1 (FIG. 3).
- the back surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 is polished, and SiN82 is deposited on the back surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 by LP-CVD (FIG. 4).
- An opening 85 is formed in the SiN 82 on the back surface S2 to form the recess 12 (FIG. 5).
- a recess 12 is formed by performing etching with K ⁇ H or the like from the opening 85 (6).
- the back surface S2 side of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 in which the concave portion 12 is formed is doped with an N-type impurity by ion implantation or the like, so that the entire surface layer on the back surface S2 side is doped.
- an N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 21 is formed (FIG. 7).
- an insulating film 24 is formed on the entire surface layer on the back surface S2 side by performing thermal oxidation (FIG. 8).
- a contact hole for an electrode is formed in the insulating film 23 on the surface S1, and aluminum is deposited on the surface S1 and then subjected to predetermined patterning to form the anode electrode 25 and the force sword electrode 26 (FIG. 9). .
- a passivation film 31 made of SiN is deposited on the surface S 1 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 on which the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26 are formed by a plasma CVD method.
- An opening 31a is formed in a portion of the passivation film 31 corresponding to the bumps 35a and 35b (FIG. 10).
- a thick support film 32 made of resin is formed on the surface S1, and an opening 32a is formed at a portion corresponding to the opening 31a of the passivation film 31.
- the resin of the support film 32 for example, an epoxy-based resin, an acrylic-based resin, or a polyimide-based resin can be used.
- Si ⁇ by plasma CVD or the like may be used.
- the opening 32a of the support film 32 can be formed by photolithography using a photosensitive resin, for example, or by patterning by etching or the like (FIG. 11). Also, a conductive member 33 made of Cu is filled so as to fill the openings 31a and 32a. Deposit. This is because, for example, after a Cu seed layer or the like is deposited on the surfaces of the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26 exposed from the openings 31a and 32a by sputtering or the like, Cu or the like is deposited on the Cu seed layer by plating. (Fig. 12).
- the conductive member 33 deposited on the support film 32 is removed by polishing the surface of the conductive member 33.
- filling electrodes 33a and 33b are formed (FIG. 13).
- a coating layer 13 made of a resin is applied by spin coating, printing, or the like so as to cover the entire surface on the back surface S2 side, and then the applied coating layer 13 is cured.
- the portion of the coating layer 13 provided on the concave portion 12 is depressed (FIG. 14).
- UBMs 34a and 34b each composed of a laminated film of Ni and Au are formed on the filling electrodes 33a and 33b on the surface S1 by electroless plating.
- bumps 35a and 35b having the same strength as solder are formed on the UBMs 34a and 34b by printing or ball mounting (FIG. 15).
- the substrate is cut so as to pass through the center of the outer edge portion 14 on the back surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- a back-illuminated photodiode 1 is obtained (FIG. 17).
- FIG. 18 is a sectional view showing a second embodiment of the back illuminated photodetector according to the present invention.
- the back illuminated photodiode 2 includes a semiconductor substrate 20, a P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11, a concave portion 12, and a coating layer 13.
- a P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 is formed in a part of the surface layer on the surface S1 side of the semiconductor substrate 20.
- a recess 12 is formed in a region of the back surface S2 of the semiconductor substrate 20 opposite to the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11.
- the coating layer 13 is provided on the back surface S2 of the semiconductor substrate 20.
- the coating layer 13 is recessed with respect to a portion provided on the outer edge 14 of the concave portion 12 provided on the concave portion 12.
- the back-illuminated photodiode 2 includes an N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28, insulating films 23 and 24, an anode electrode 25, and a force source electrode 26.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 is formed so as to be exposed on the entire side surface S4 of the semiconductor substrate 20. Further, the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 is also exposed on the entire back surface S2 of the semiconductor substrate 20.
- the P + type impurity semiconductor region 11 and the N + type The portion 20a where none of the high-concentration impurity semiconductor regions 28 is formed is completely surrounded by the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor regions 28 from the side surface S4 and the back surface S2 of the semiconductor substrate 20.
- the semiconductor substrate 20 is prepared.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 41 extends from the back surface S2 except for a part on the front surface S1 side.
- the remaining surface S1 side is the N-type impurity layer 42 whose impurity concentration is lower than that of the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 41 (FIG. 19).
- an N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 43 is formed by doping an N-type impurity at a high concentration from the surface S1 side (FIG. 20).
- N-type impurity is diffused further deeply by heat treatment so that the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 43 reaches the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 41 (FIG. 21).
- N + -type highly-doped impurity layer 4 1 and N + -type highly-doped impurity semiconductor region consisting of 43 N + -type highly-doped impurity semiconductor region 28 is formed.
- regions where the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 and the concave portion 12 are formed are indicated by broken lines L2 and L3, respectively.
- the step of doping impurities from the back surface S2 side of the semiconductor substrate 20 can be omitted, so that the manufacturing process of the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 can be simplified and, consequently, the back-illuminated photodiode.
- the manufacturing process of the entire code 2 is simplified.
- an insulating film 23 and an insulating film 24 are formed on the front surface S1 and the back surface S2 of the semiconductor substrate 20, respectively. Openings 23a and 23b are formed in the insulating film 23. One of the openings 23a is in the portion of the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 and the other is in the portion of the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28. It is provided in.
- An anode electrode 25 and a cathode electrode 26 are formed in the region including the openings 23a and 23b on the insulating film 23, respectively. These electrodes 25 and 26 are provided so as to fill the openings 23a and 23b, respectively.
- the anode electrode 25 is directly connected to the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 11 through the opening 23a
- the force source electrode 26 is directly connected to the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 through the opening 23b.
- the back illuminated photodiode 2 includes a non-volatile film 31, a support film 32, filling electrodes 33a and 33b, UBMs 34a and 34b, and pumps 35a and 35b.
- the insulating film 31 is provided on the surface SI of the semiconductor substrate 20 so as to cover the insulating film 23, the anode electrode 25, and the force source electrode 26.
- a support film 32 is formed on the passivation film 31, a support film 32 is formed.
- the filling electrodes 33a and 33b penetrate the passivation film 31 and the support film 32, and extend from the anode electrode 25 and the force source electrode 26 to the surface of the support film 32, respectively.
- UBMs 34a and 34b are formed on portions of the filling electrodes 33a and 33b exposed on the surface of the support film 32, and are formed.
- the bumps 35a and 35b are formed on the surfaces of the UBMs 34a and 34b opposite to the filling electrodes 33a and 33b.
- the back illuminated photodiode 2 The effect of the back illuminated photodiode 2 will be described.
- the provision of the coating layer 13 improves the mechanical strength of the back-illuminated photodiode 2.
- the chip-sized back illuminated photodiode 2 can be obtained.
- the back illuminated photodiode 2 having a sufficiently small package is realized.
- a portion provided on the concave portion 12 is depressed with respect to a portion provided on the outer edge portion 14 of the concave portion 12. Therefore, even when a flat collet is used for assembly, the surface of the coating layer 13 provided on the concave portion 12 does not contact the flat collet. Accordingly, the incident portion of the detection light on the surface of the coating layer 13 is not damaged, and the scattering of the detection light is suppressed. Therefore, a highly sensitive back-illuminated photodiode 2 is realized.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28 is formed so as to be exposed on the entire side surface S 4 of the semiconductor substrate 20.
- unnecessary carriers generated in the vicinity of the side surface S4 of the semiconductor substrate 20 can be trapped by the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 28, and thus ⁇ current and noise can be suppressed.
- the side surface S4 hits the dicing line, crystal defects may occur during dicing.However, the current and noise generated due to such crystal defects should be suppressed by the N + type high concentration impurity semiconductor region 28. Can be. Therefore, according to the back illuminated photodiode 2, a detection signal can be obtained with a higher SN ratio.
- FIG. 22 is a plan view showing a third embodiment of the back illuminated photodetector according to the present invention.
- the back-illuminated photodiode array 3 is composed of a total of 64 back-illuminated photodiodes arranged in a matrix in eight rows and eight rows. The arrangement pitch of these photodiodes is, for example, lmm.
- FIG. 22 shows the back illuminated photodiode array 3 viewed from the back side.
- the back surface is covered with a coating layer, and a predetermined portion of the coating layer is formed as a depression.
- a depressed portion of the coating layer is indicated by a broken line L4.
- FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view of the back illuminated photodiode array 3 shown in FIG. 22 along the line XII-XII. In this cross-sectional view, two photodiodes PI and P2 of the 64 photodiodes shown in FIG. 22 are shown. As shown in FIG. 23, the back illuminated photodiode array 3 includes an N-type semiconductor substrate 50, a P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51, a concave portion 52, and a covering layer 53.
- a plurality of P + -type impurity semiconductor regions 51 are formed. These P + -type impurity semiconductor regions 51 are provided for the photodiodes PI and P2, respectively.
- the area of each P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51 is, for example, 0.75 ⁇ 0.75 mm 2 .
- a concave portion 52 is formed in a region of the back surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 50 opposite to the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51.
- the plurality of P + -type impurity semiconductor regions 51 are provided, and a plurality of concave portions 52 are also formed.
- the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51 and the concave portion 52 are provided for each of the photodiodes PI and P2.
- a coating layer 53 is provided on the back surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 50. The coating layer 53 is depressed with respect to a portion provided on the outer edge portion 54 of the partial force concave portion 52 provided on the concave portion 52.
- the back illuminated photodiode array 3 includes an N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 61 and an N + -type high-concentration An impurity semiconductor region 62, insulating films 63 and 64, an anode electrode 65, and a force source electrode 66 are provided.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer 61 is formed on the entire surface layer on the back surface S2 side of the N-type semiconductor substrate 50.
- the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 62 is formed in a surface layer on the surface S1 side of the N-type semiconductor substrate 50. This N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 62 is preferably provided so as to surround the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51 constituting each photodiode.
- an insulating film 63 and an insulating film 64 are formed, respectively. Openings 63a and 63b are formed in the insulating film 63. One of the openings 63a is formed in the portion of the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51, and the other is formed in the portion of the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 62. It is provided in.
- An anode electrode 65 and a cathode electrode 66 are formed in regions including the openings 63a and 63b on the insulating film 63, respectively.
- the anode electrode 65 and the force electrode 66 are provided for each of the photodiodes PI and P2.
- the electrodes 65 and 66 are provided so as to fill the openings 63a and 63b, respectively.
- the anode electrode 65 is directly connected to the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51 through the opening 63a
- the force source electrode 66 is directly connected to the N + -type high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 62 through the opening 63b.
- the back illuminated photodiode array 3 includes a passivation film 71, a support film 72, filling electrodes 73a and 73b, UBMs 74a and 74b, and pumps 75a and 75b.
- the vacuum film 71 is provided on the surface S1 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 50 so as to cover the insulating film 63, the anode electrode 65, and the force source electrode 66.
- a support film 72 is formed on the passivation film 71.
- the filling electrodes 73a and 73b penetrate the passivation film 71 and the support film 72, and extend from the anode electrode 65 and the force source electrode 66 to the surface of the support film 72, respectively.
- UBMs 74a and 74b are formed on portions of the filling electrodes 73a and 73b exposed on the surface of the support film 72.
- Bumps 75a and 75b are formed on the surfaces of the UBMs 74a and 74b opposite to the filling electrodes 73a and 73b.
- the back illuminated photodiode array 3 The effect of the back illuminated photodiode array 3 will be described.
- the provision of the coating layer 53 improves the mechanical strength of the back illuminated photodiode array 3.
- the improvement in mechanical strength Since dicing can be performed at the level, a back-illuminated photodiode array 3 having a chip size can be obtained. As a result, a back-illuminated photodiode array 3 with a sufficiently small package is realized.
- a portion provided on the concave portion 52 is depressed with respect to a portion provided on the outer edge portion 54 of the concave portion 52. Therefore, even when a flat collet is used during assembly, the surface of the coating layer 53 provided on the concave portion 52 does not contact the flat collet. Accordingly, the incident portion of the detection light on the surface of the coating layer 53 is not damaged, and the scattering of the detection light is suppressed. For this reason, a highly sensitive back-illuminated photodiode array 3 is realized.
- the P + -type impurity semiconductor region 51 into a plurality of regions in the surface of the surface side S1 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 50 is formed faces the respective P + -type impurity semiconductor body region 51 on the rear surface S2
- a plurality of photodiodes are formed by forming the concave portion 52 in the region where the light-emitting diode is formed.
- the back illuminated photodiode array 3 can be suitably used for an image sensor or the like in which each photodiode corresponds to one pixel.
- the back illuminated photodetector according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified.
- a P-type semiconductor substrate may be used instead of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
- the impurity semiconductor region 11 has an N-type conductivity
- the high-concentration impurity layer 21 and the high-concentration impurity semiconductor region 22 have a P-type conductivity.
- FIG. 12 an example is shown in which the conductive member 33 made of Cu is deposited. Ni is used instead of Cu, and the anode electrode 25 and the cathode electrode 26 exposed from the openings 31 a and 32 a are used. A Ni electroless plating may be applied directly to the surface of the substrate. In this case, the step of polishing the surface of the conductive member 33 described with reference to FIG. 13 can be omitted.
- FIG. 15 shows a method of forming the bumps on the filling electrodes 33a and 33b (the method of forming the UBMs 34a and 34b and the bumps 35a and 35b by using the force filling electrodes 33a and 33b themselves).
- the surface of the support film 32 in which the openings 32a are filled with the filling electrodes 33a and 33b is dry-etched using O or the like.
- this projecting portion may be used as a bump. .
- the UBMs 34a and 34b it is not necessary to form the UBMs 34a and 34b.
- a conductive resin may be used as the conductive member 33. According to this, it is possible to complete the operation of filling the electrode into the through hole in a short time by printing or the like.
- a bonded wafer in which the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer and the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer have a lower impurity concentration than the N + -type high-concentration impurity layer is referred to as a semiconductor substrate 20. May be used.
- an N-type impurity layer is provided on the front surface S1 side of the semiconductor substrate 20, and an N + -type high concentration impurity layer is provided on the rear surface S2 side.
- a back-illuminated photodetector capable of sufficiently reducing the size of a package and suppressing scattering of light to be detected is realized.
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