Invention Application
- Patent Title: Method of Manufacturing Image Sensor Having Enhanced Backside Illumination Quantum Efficiency
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Application No.: US15583278Application Date: 2017-05-01
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Publication No.: US20170236863A1Publication Date: 2017-08-17
- Inventor: Yin-Kai Liao , Han-Chi Liu , Yuan-Hung Liu , Dun-Nian Yaung , Jen-Cheng Liu
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146

Abstract:
A system and method for image sensing is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a substrate with a pixel region and a logic region. A first resist protect oxide (RPO) is formed over the pixel region, but not over the logic region. Silicide contacts are formed on the top of active devices formed in the pixel region, but not on the surface of the substrate in the pixel region, and silicide contacts are formed both on the top of active devices and on the surface of the substrate in the logic region. A second RPO is formed over the pixel region and the logic region, and a contact etch stop layer is formed over the second RPO. These layers help to reflect light back to the image sensor when light impinges the sensor from the backside of the substrate, and also helps prevent damage that occurs from overetching.
Public/Granted literature
- US10269848B2 Image sensor having enhanced backside illumination quantum efficiency Public/Granted day:2019-04-23
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