IP Library Granted Patent US 8,410,569
Granted Patent B2
US 8,410,569 · App. 12/842,583 · Granted Apr 2, 2013

Solid-state imaging device and method for producing the same

Inventors: Ikuo Yoshihara (Kanagawa, JP); Masaya Nagata (Kanagawa, JP); Naoto Sasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Taku Umebayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroshi Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Yoichi Otsuka (Kanagawa, JP); Isaya Kitamura (Kumamoto, JP); Tokihisa Kaneguchi (Kumamoto, JP); Keishi Inoue (Kanagawa, JP); Toshihiko Hayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyasu Matsugai (Kanagawa, JP); Mayoshi Aonuma (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroshi Yoshioka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,410,569
App. No.
12/842,583
Granted
Apr 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device includes a first substrate including a light-sensing portion configured to perform photoelectric conversion of incident light and a wiring portion provided on a light-incident side; an optically transparent second substrate provided on a wiring portion side of the first substrate at a certain distance; a through-hole provided in the first substrate; a through-via provided in the through-hole; a front-surface-side electrode connected to the through-via and provided on a front surface of the first substrate; a back-surface-side electrode connected to the through-via and provided on a back surface of the first substrate; and a stopper electrode provided on the front-surface-side electrode and filling a space between the front-surface-side electrode and the second substrate.

Claims (15)

1. A solid-state imaging device comprising:

a first substrate including a light-sensing portion configured to perform photoelectric conversion of incident light and a wiring portion, the first substrate having oppositely facing front and back sides, the front side being a light incident side via which light enters the first substrate, the wiring portion being between the light-sensing portion and the front side;

an optically transparent second substrate provided over the front side of the first substrate with a space between them;

a through-hole provided in the first substrate;

a through-via provided in the through-hole;

a front-surface-side electrode provided on the front side of the first substrate and connected to the through-via in the through-hole, the through-hole extending to the front-surface-side electrode;

a back-surface-side electrode connected to the through-via and provided on the back side of the first substrate; and

a stopper electrode provided on the front-surface-side electrode and configured to function as a stopper when the through-hole is formed in the first substrate using energy beam processing, the stopper electrode filling a space between the front-surface-side electrode and the second substrate and a space between the through-via and the second substrate.

2. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a color filter layer;

a microlens, the color filter layer and the microlens being on the front side of the first substrate; and

an optically transparent protective layer covering the microlens.

3. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the energy beam processing is laser drilling.

4. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the stopper electrode is such that the stopper electrode functions as the stopper when the through-hole is formed in the first substrate using the energy beam processing.

5. The solid-state imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the stopper electrode has a given thickness for a certain intensity of the energy beam processing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2010
From: YOSHIHARA, IKUO; NAGATA, MASAYA; SASAKI, NAOTO; UMEBAYASHI, TAKU; TAKAHASHI, HIROSHI; OTSUKA, YOICHI; KITAMURA, ISAYA; KANEGUCHI, TOKIHISA; INOUE, KEISHI; HAYASHI, TOSHIHIKO; MATSUGAI, HIROYASU; AONUMA, MASAYOSHI; YOSHIOKA, HIROSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-177562 · Jul 30, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110024858A1 · Feb 3, 2011