WO2014109157A1 - 撮像装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an imaging apparatus provided with an imaging sensor.
- Patent Document 1 An imaging device including an imaging element having sensitivity to near infrared light and visible light is known.
- Patent Document 1 a color filter that transmits near-infrared light is mounted on a solid-state imaging device that is sensitive to infrared light and visible light, and position adjustment that adjusts the position of an infrared cut filter disposed in front of the color filter What is provided with means is described.
- Patent Document 2 a pixel in which a color filter that transmits both red and green light wavelengths is arranged, a pixel in which a color filter that passes both blue and green light wavelengths is arranged, A solid-state imaging device is described in which a pixel in which a color filter that transmits both wavelengths of light and green is arranged and a pixel in which a color filter that transmits the wavelength of only near-infrared light is arranged are arranged.
- Patent Document 3 a plurality of photoelectric conversion units having sensitivity from a visible light region to an infrared light region are arranged, a red transmission filter and a second group are arranged in a first group of the plurality of arranged photoelectric conversion units.
- 1 illustrates an image sensor in which a green transmission filter is disposed, a blue transmission filter is disposed in a third group, and an infrared light transmission filter is disposed in a fourth group.
- each photoelectric conversion unit in an imaging sensor solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units has sensitivity to light in the visible light region to near infrared light region.
- An image of near-infrared light is being obtained with sensitivity in the near-infrared region of the part. Therefore, a near-infrared image is obtained with low sensitivity near the limit wavelength on the long wavelength side, and there is a problem that a clear near-infrared image cannot be obtained.
- the output of the photoelectric conversion unit is the light transmission characteristics (spectral transmission) of the color filter or infrared transmission filter. Rate characteristic) and the sensitivity characteristic (spectral sensitivity characteristic) of the photoelectric conversion unit must be multiplied, and the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the photoelectric conversion unit on the long wavelength side cannot be fully utilized. This also has a problem that a clear near-infrared image cannot be obtained.
- the acquisition of the visible light image and the near-infrared image is switched by adjusting the filter position.
- the image of the imaging object illuminated at night and the illumination For example, when an image of an object to be imaged that is not hit is captured in real time, there is a problem that the adjustment of the filter cannot cope with a change in the situation and a desired image cannot be obtained.
- the present invention is an example of a problem to deal with such a problem. That is, when acquiring a visible light image and a long-wavelength region image of near-infrared or higher with a single imaging sensor, it is possible to obtain a clear long-wavelength region image of near-infrared or more, omitting filters and filter adjustments, It is an object of the present invention to be able to take a real-time image at night when the situation such as lighting changes.
- an imaging apparatus has at least the following configuration.
- Spectral sensitivity characteristics including an imaging sensor in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units are formed on a single semiconductor substrate, each of the group of photoelectric conversion units in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units having a peak in a long wavelength range of near infrared or higher
- the photoelectric conversion portions exhibiting spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in the long wavelength region of near infrared or higher are formed on one semiconductor substrate as a group of photoelectric conversion portions.
- a group of photoelectric conversion units can obtain images in the long wavelength region above the near infrared in real time without adjusting the filter, the images at night when lighting conditions change can be obtained in real time. It becomes possible to take an image.
- FIG. 1A shows a planar configuration
- FIG. 1B shows a cross-sectional configuration of one photoelectric conversion unit. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the photoelectric conversion part in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the formation process of a group of photoelectric conversion parts in embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the other example of the imaging sensor in the imaging device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the other example of the imaging sensor in the imaging device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing (cross-sectional explanatory drawing) which showed the specific structural example of the imaging sensor in the imaging device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the system configuration
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of an imaging sensor in an imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1A shows a planar configuration
- FIG. 1B shows a cross-sectional configuration of one photoelectric conversion unit.
- a plurality of photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) are formed on one semiconductor substrate 10.
- a plurality of photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) are arranged vertically and horizontally in a two-dimensional array (dot matrix), and one photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B) is arranged.
- each of a group of photoelectric conversion units 2A among the plurality of photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) exhibits a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in a long wavelength region of near infrared or higher.
- the imaging sensor 1 in the illustrated example includes a photoelectric conversion unit 2B that exhibits spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in the visible light region in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B).
- Each of (2A, 2B) is provided with a circuit unit 3 that outputs a light reception signal of the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B).
- one of two pixels arranged adjacent to each other belongs to a group of photoelectric conversion units 2 ⁇ / b> A exhibiting spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in a long wavelength region equal to or greater than near infrared.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B) includes a pn junction 10pn formed on the semiconductor substrate 10.
- the semiconductor substrate 10 is, for example, an n-type Si substrate 10n doped with a first material, and a p-type semiconductor layer 10p is formed by doping the n-type Si substrate 10n with a second material.
- the pn junction 10pn is formed at the boundary between the n-type Si substrate 10n and the p-type semiconductor layer 10p.
- an electrode (anode) 5 partitioned by an insulating film (transparent insulating film) 4 is provided on the surface side of the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B), and the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B)
- a grounded electrode (cathode) 6 is provided on the back side, and the electrode (anode) 5 is connected to the circuit unit 3.
- the individual photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) are not isolated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the individual photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) are isolated by an insulating layer or a groove space. It may be a thing.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the spectral sensitivity characteristics of the photoelectric conversion units 2A and 2B.
- the spectral sensitivity characteristic can be represented by a graph in which the horizontal axis is wavelength [nm] and the vertical axis is quantum efficiency [%].
- FIG. 2A shows the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the photoelectric conversion unit 2B
- FIG. b) shows the spectral sensitivity characteristics of the photoelectric conversion unit 2A.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 2B exhibits a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in the visible light region.
- a group of photoelectric conversion units 2 ⁇ / b> A among the plurality of photoelectric conversion units 2 exhibits spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in a long wavelength region of near infrared or higher.
- the spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in the visible light region and a peak in a long wavelength region equal to or greater than the near infrared is shown.
- the spectral sensitivity shown in FIG. When the output of the photoelectric conversion unit 2B having the spectral sensitivity characteristic shown in FIG.
- the output of the photoelectric conversion units 2A and 2B is calculated to be equivalent to having a photoelectric conversion unit having a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak only in the long wavelength region above the near infrared as shown in FIG. An effect can be obtained.
- the first material and the second material doped in the semiconductor substrate 10 to form the pn junction portion 10pn. This can be realized by changing the doping conditions.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a process for forming the group of photoelectric conversion units 2A described above.
- a Si (silicon) substrate is used as the semiconductor substrate 10
- a group 15 element such as As (arsenic), P (phosphorus), Sb (antimony) is used for the Si substrate.
- the n-type Si substrate 10n is formed by doping a first material selected from (1)
- the p-type semiconductor layer 10p is formed by doping the n-type Si substrate 10n with a second material.
- Silicon (Si) is an indirect transition type semiconductor with low quantum efficiency, and it is not possible to obtain useful light sensitivity only by forming a pn junction, but phonon-assisted annealing is applied to the Si substrate 10n.
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- phonon-assisted annealing is applied to the Si substrate 10n.
- a group 13 element, for example, B is added to an n-type Si substrate 10n doped with a first material selected from a group 15 element, for example, As (arsenic), P (phosphorus), or Sb (antimony).
- a second material selected from boron, Al (aluminum), and Ga (gallium) is heavily doped to form the p-type semiconductor layer 10p.
- the first electrode 5A and the second electrode 6A which are transparent electrodes, are formed so as to sandwich the pn junction 10pn, and a forward voltage Va is applied between the first electrode 5A and the second electrode 6A.
- a current is passed through the pn junction 10pn, and the p-type semiconductor layer 10p is annealed by Joule heat generated by the current.
- the pn junction 10pn is irradiated with light having a specific wavelength ⁇ .
- Dressed photons can be generated in the vicinity of the pn junction 10 pn by light irradiation in the annealing process.
- the pn junction 10 pn in which the dressed photon is generated exhibits a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a quantum efficiency peak at the wavelength ⁇ of the light irradiated in the annealing process.
- an example of doping conditions when B (boron) is selected as the second substance of the group 13 element is a dose density of 5 ⁇ 10 13 / cm 2 and an acceleration energy at the time of implantation: 700 keV.
- the wavelength ⁇ of the light irradiated in the annealing process is changed to the light in the long wavelength region above the near infrared. Identify.
- the wavelength ⁇ of light irradiated in the annealing process is specified as light in the visible light region.
- the individual photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) are not isolated.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the individual photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) are isolated by an insulating layer or a groove space. It may be a thing.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another example of the imaging sensor according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- illustration of the circuit part mentioned above is abbreviate
- a set of a plurality of photoelectric conversion units 2 (2A, 2B) corresponds to a pixel 1P of an image captured by the imaging sensor 1, and one of the pixels 1P is A group of photoelectric conversion units 2A exhibiting spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in a long wavelength region of near infrared or higher is obtained.
- a photoelectric conversion unit 2A showing a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in a long wavelength region of near infrared or higher and a photoelectric conversion unit 2B showing a spectral sensitivity having a peak in a visible light region are arranged in parallel.
- the two photoelectric conversion units 2A and 2B constitute one pixel 1P.
- the light receiving area of the photoelectric conversion unit 2A showing the spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in a long wavelength region equal to or greater than the near infrared is made relatively wide so that visible light is visible.
- the light receiving area of the photoelectric conversion unit 2B showing the spectral sensitivity having a peak in the region is relatively narrow.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing another example of the imaging sensor according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- illustration of the circuit part mentioned above is abbreviate
- the photoelectric conversion unit 2 is arranged for each pixel 1P, and the group of photoelectric conversion units 2A described above is intermediate between the photoelectric conversion unit 2A1 having a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in the near infrared region. It has a photoelectric conversion unit 2A2 that exhibits spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in the infrared region.
- the imaging sensor 1 includes a photoelectric conversion unit 2B having a sensitivity peak in the visible light region (400 to 780 nm), a photoelectric conversion unit 2A1 having a sensitivity peak in the near infrared region (780 to 2600 nm), and a mid-infrared region (2600).
- the photoelectric conversion unit 2A2 having a sensitivity peak at ⁇ 3000 nm is mixed in the plurality of pixels 1P.
- the shape image of the observation object can be obtained by the photoelectric conversion units 2B and 2A1, and at the same time, the temperature distribution image of the observation object can be obtained by the photoelectric conversion unit 2A2.
- the wavelength ⁇ of light irradiated in the annealing process is specified in the mid-infrared region in the forming step shown in FIG.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram (sectional explanatory diagram) showing a specific configuration example of the imaging sensor according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the imaging sensor 1 (1-1) shown in FIG. 6A is similar to the configuration example shown in FIG. 1B in that the n-type Si substrate 10n (semiconductor substrate 10) connected to the cathode is p-type.
- a pn junction 10pn is formed by forming the semiconductor layer 10p, and an electrode (transparent electrode; anode) 5B partitioned by the insulating film 4A is provided on the p-type semiconductor layer 10p, and the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2A, 2B) is configured.
- the light shielding film 7 is provided on the insulating film 4A, and the microlens 8 is arranged so as to cover the light shielding film 7 and the electrode 5B.
- the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B) constitutes an avalanche photodiode (APD).
- a p-type semiconductor layer 10p is formed on an n-type Si substrate 10n to form a light absorption layer, and a mesa groove 20 is formed surrounding an anode region on the upper surface of the substrate.
- a mesa protection oxide film 21 is formed on the inner surface of the groove 20 to separate the anode region.
- a p-type high-concentration diffusion layer (p + layer) 10pp is formed on the surface layer of the p-type semiconductor layer 10p as an anode, and an n-type Si substrate 10n is used as a cathode, and a single photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B) is provided. APD is formed.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration of the imaging apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the imaging apparatus 100 includes an objective optical system 30, the above-described imaging sensor 1, an AD conversion unit 31, a signal processing unit 32, an output image forming unit 33, an image display unit 34, and the like. ing.
- the objective optical system 30 includes an objective lens for imaging light (including visible light, near infrared light, and intermediate infrared light) including information on the shape or temperature of the observation object on the photoelectric conversion unit 2 in the image sensor 1.
- the imaging sensor 1 is as described above, and includes the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B).
- the AD conversion unit 31 converts the analog signal output from the imaging sensor 1 into a digital signal and outputs it to the signal processing unit 32.
- the signal processing unit 32 performs signal processing such as amplification, noise removal, and various corrections on the output of the image sensor 1 that has been digitally converted to form an image signal, and outputs this to the output image forming unit 33.
- the output image forming unit 33 forms an output image based on the image signal subjected to signal processing.
- the image display unit 34 includes a display for displaying the formed output image.
- the output image forming unit 33 in the imaging device 100 including the imaging sensor 1 shown in FIG. 1 or 4 includes a visible light image forming unit 33A and a near-infrared image forming unit 33B.
- the visible light image forming unit 33A forms a visible light image using an image signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion unit 2B that exhibits spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in the visible light region.
- the near-infrared image forming unit 33B forms a near-infrared image based on an image signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion unit 2A that exhibits spectral sensitivity characteristics having a peak in a long wavelength region equal to or greater than the near-infrared.
- the near-infrared image forming unit 33B exhibits spectral sensitivity characteristics having an image signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion unit 2B having a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in the visible light region and a peak in a long wavelength region longer than the near infrared.
- the output image forming unit 33 in the imaging device 100 including the imaging sensor 1 shown in FIG. 5 includes a visible light image forming unit 33A, a near-infrared image forming unit 33B, and a temperature distribution image.
- a forming portion 33C is provided.
- the visible light image forming unit 33A forms a visible light image by using an image signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion unit 2B having a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in the visible light region.
- the near-infrared image forming unit 33B forms a near-infrared image based on an image signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion unit 2A1 that exhibits a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in the near-infrared region (780 to 2600 nm).
- the temperature distribution image forming unit 33C forms a temperature distribution image based on an image signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion unit 2A2 having a spectral sensitivity characteristic having a peak in the mid-infrared region (2600 to 3000 nm).
- a known method can be adopted, for example, a CCD method or a CMOS method can be adopted.
- the imaging apparatus has a near-infrared or higher in the photoelectric conversion unit 2 (2A, 2B) formed in a two-dimensional array on one semiconductor substrate 10 in the imaging sensor 1.
- the photoelectric conversion units 2A having peak sensitivity in the long wavelength region, the spectral sensitivity characteristics of the image sensor 1 are effectively expanded toward the long wavelength side. This makes it possible to obtain a clear long-wavelength image of near infrared or higher with a single image sensor 1.
- the imaging sensor 1 includes a photoelectric conversion unit 2B having a peak sensitivity in the visible light region and a photoelectric conversion unit 2A having a peak sensitivity on the long wavelength side of the near infrared or more on one semiconductor substrate 10 in a distributed manner.
- High-sensitivity sensors have been realized from the visible light range to the long wavelength range above the near infrared.
- the filter and the adjustment of the filter become unnecessary, and the amount of incident light on each pixel (each photoelectric conversion unit 2) becomes large.
- a sensor with high photoelectric conversion efficiency and high sensitivity can be obtained with a simple structure.
- one image sensor 1 can simultaneously acquire an image in the visible light region and an image in the long wavelength region above the near infrared, for example, it moves at night when the lighting state changes or during bad weather when the weather state changes.
- it is possible to display a visible light image and a long wavelength region image of near infrared or higher while switching in real time.
- imaging sensor 100: imaging device, 2, 2A, 2B, 2A1, 2A2: photoelectric conversion unit, 3: Circuit part, 4, 4A: Insulating film, 5, 5A, 6, 6A: Electrode, 7: light shielding film, 8: microlens, 10: semiconductor substrate, 10n: n-type Si substrate, 10p: p-type semiconductor layer, 10 pn: pn junction
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2,2A,2B,2A1,2A2:光電変換部,
3:回路部,4,4A:絶縁膜,5,5A,6,6A:電極,
7:遮光膜,8:マイクロレンズ,
10:半導体基板,10n:n型Si基板,10p:p型半導体層,
10pn:pn接合部
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- 複数の光電変換部を一つの半導体基板に形成した撮像センサを備え、
前記複数の光電変換部の中の一群の光電変換部のそれぞれが近赤外以上の長波長域にピークを持つ分光感度特性を示すことを特徴とする撮像装置。 - 前記撮像センサは、前記複数の光電変換部の中に可視光域にピークを持つ分光感度特性を示す光電変換部を備えることを特徴とする請求項1に記載された撮像装置。
- 一つの前記光電変換部が前記撮像センサによって撮像される画像の画素に対応し、隣接配置される2つの前記画素の一方が前記一群の光電変換部になることを特徴とする請求項1記載の撮像装置。
- 複数の前記光電変換部の集合が前記撮像センサによって撮像される画像の画素に対応し、当該画素内の一つの光電変換部が前記一群の光電変換部になることを特徴とする請求項1記載の撮像装置。
- 前記一群の光電変換部が、近赤外域にピークを持つ分光感度特性を示す光電変換部と中間赤外域にピークを持つ分光感度特性を示す光電変換部を有することを特徴とする請求項1~4のいずれかに記載の撮像装置。
- 前記半導体基板は、第1物質をドープしたn型Si基板であり、
前記光電変換部は、前記半導体基板を共通の半導体層とするpn接合部を有し、
前記一群の光電変換部は、前記半導体基板に第2物質を高濃度ドープすることで形成されるp型半導体層を有し、前記第2物質を拡散させるアニール処理の過程で近赤外以上の長波長域の光が照射されていることを特徴とする請求項1~5のいずれかに記載された撮像装置。 - 前記第1物質が15族元素であり、前記第2物質が13族元素であることを特徴とする請求項6に記載の撮像装置。
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