Abstract:
An image sensor includes a first chip including a pixel region, a pad region, and an optical black region interposed between the pixel region and the pad region, and a second chip being in contact with a first surface of the first chip and including circuits for driving the first chip. The first chip includes a first substrate, a device isolation portion disposed in the first substrate and defining unit pixels, an interlayer insulating layer interposed between the first substrate and the second chip, a connection wiring structure disposed in the interlayer insulating layer, and a connection contact plug disposed in the interlayer insulating layer and connecting the connection wiring structure to the device isolation portion in the optical black region. The image sensor further includes a conductive pad disposed in the first chip or the second chip.
Abstract:
An image sensor comprises a substrate that comprises a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a plurality of pixel regions disposed along a first direction and a second direction. The sensor comprises a plurality of ground regions that are disposed within a portion of the substrate along a depth direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction from the first surface of the substrate. The sensor comprises a deep trench that extends from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate. The sensor comprises a shallow trench that extends into the portion of the substrate along the depth direction from the first surface of the substrate and is disposed at an outer edge of at least a portion of the deep trench.
Abstract:
An image sensor includes a first chip including a pixel region, a pad region, and an optical black region interposed between the pixel region and the pad region, and a second chip being in contact with a first surface of the first chip and including circuits for driving the first chip. The first chip includes a first substrate, a device isolation portion disposed in the first substrate and defining unit pixels, an interlayer insulating layer interposed between the first substrate and the second chip, a connection wiring structure disposed in the interlayer insulating layer, and a connection contact plug disposed in the interlayer insulating layer and connecting the connection wiring structure to the device isolation portion in the optical black region. The image sensor further includes a conductive pad disposed in the first chip or the second chip.
Abstract:
An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion element in a substrate, a first storage region spaced apart from the photoelectric conversion element in the substrate, a gate on the first storage region, a light shielding layer covering the gate, a dielectric layer disposed between the gate and the light shielding layer and extending onto a top surface of the substrate, an interlayer insulating structure covering the light shielding layer, and a micro-lens overlapping with the photoelectric conversion element on the interlayer insulating structure. The light shielding layer includes a first portion covering a sidewall of the gate, and a second portion on a top surface of the gate. The first portion has a first thickness corresponding to a vertical height from a bottom surface of the first portion to a top surface of the first portion, and the first thickness is greater than a second thickness of the second portion.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of manufacturing a transparent circuit substrate for a touch screen. The method may involve forming an electrode layer on a transparent substrate, stacking a light shielding layer on the transparent substrate such that the light shielding layer is located on an outside of the electrode layer, stacking a mask on the light shielding layer and the electrode layer, forming a conductive layer on the mask, forming connecting lines for connecting the electrode layer and connecting terminals by removing the mask and a portion of the conductive layer, and forming the connecting terminals on the light shielding layer such that the connecting terminals contact the connecting lines.