IP Library Granted Patent US 7,737,477
Granted Patent B2
US 7,737,477 · App. 12/232,752 · Granted Jun 15, 2010

CMOS image sensor and method for manufacturing the same

Assignee: Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,737,477
App. No.
12/232,752
Granted
Jun 15, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CMOS image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same improve light-receiving efficiency and maintain a margin in the design of a metal line. The CMOS image sensor includes a transparent substrate including an active area having a photodiode region and a transistor region and a field area for isolation of the active area, a p-type semiconductor layer on the transparent substrate, a photodiode in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the photodiode region, and a plurality of transistors in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the transistor region.

Claims (35)

1. A CMOS image sensor comprising:

a transparent substrate including an active area, having a photodiode region and a transistor region, the transparent substrate further including a field area for isolation of the active area;

a black matrix layer on a rear surface of the transparent substrate corresponding to the field area and the active area excluding the photodiode region:

a color filter layer formed on a rear surface of the photodiode region;

a p-type semiconductor layer only on the active area but not on the field area of the transparent substrate on which the black matrix layer is formed;

a photodiode in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the photodiode region; and

a plurality of transistors in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the transistor region.

2. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer between the p-type semiconductor layer and the transparent substrate including the black matrix layer and the color filter layer.

3. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate is formed of a glass substrate or a quartz substrate.

4. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the black matrix layer is formed of a metal material or a black resin to shield light.

5. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the p-type semiconductor layer is formed in the active area.

6. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the p-type semiconductor layer is formed of a polysilicon layer doped with p-type impurity ions or an amorphous silicon layer doped with p-type impurity ions.

7. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the photodiode includes:

an n-type impurity region formed by implanting n-type impurity ions into the p-type semiconductor layer; and

a p-type impurity region formed in the surface of the n-type impurity region.

8. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of transistors include:

a plurality of gate electrodes formed with a gate insulating layer on the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the transistor region; and

a source region and a drain region on the p-type semiconductor layer between each of the plurality of gate electrodes.

9. The CMOS image sensor of claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulating interlayer on a surface of the transparent substrate including the plurality of transistors and the photodiode; and

a metal line on the insulating interlayer.

10. A CMOS image sensor comprising:

a transparent substrate including an active area having a photodiode and a transistor regions the transparent substrate further including a field area for isolation of the active area;

a black matrix layer on the transparent substrate corresponding to the field area and the active area excluding the photodiode region;

a color filter layer formed on the same surface as the black matrix layer of the photodiode region;

a p-type semiconductor layer only on the active area but not on the field area of the transparent substrate on which the black matrix layer is formed;

a photodiode in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the photodiode region; and

a plurality of transistors in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the transistor region.

11. A CMOS image sensor comprising:

a transparent substrate including an active area having a photodiode and a transistor regions the transparent substrate further including a field area for isolation of the active area;

a color filter layer on a rear surface of the transparent substrate corresponding to the photodiode region;

a black matrix layer on the transparent substrate corresponding to the field area and the active area excluding the photodiode region;

a p-type semiconductor layer only on the active area but not on the field area of the transparent substrate on which the black matrix layer is formed;

a photodiode in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the photodiode region; and

a plurality of transistors in the p-type semiconductor layer corresponding to the transistor region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2015
From: DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
Reel/Frame 035383/0560 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2008
From: HA, HYEON WOO
To: DONGBUANAM SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Reel/Frame 021654/0733 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2004-0116482 · Dec 30, 2004 · national
KR 10-2005-0120283 · Dec 9, 2005 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 1132046900 · Dec 29, 2005
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