IP Library Granted Patent US 9,515,115
Granted Patent B2
US 9,515,115 · App. 14/570,765 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Solid-state image sensor, method of producing the same, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,515,115
App. No.
14/570,765
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel formed, upon forming a structure where a photoelectric conversion layer is laminated on a wiring layer constituting a pixel circuit, by forming at least the photoelectric conversion layer and a wiring layer bonding layer on a different substrate from a semiconductor substrate in which the wiring layer is formed, and by bonding the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate and the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate together.

Claims (48)

1. A solid-state image sensor, comprising

a pixel formed, upon forming a structure where a photoelectric conversion layer is laminated on a wiring layer constituting a pixel circuit, by forming at least the photoelectric conversion layer and a wiring layer bonding film on a different substrate from a semiconductor substrate in which the wiring layer is formed, and by bonding the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate and the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate together,

wherein

the wiring layer bonding film is a laminated structure that includes a metal that reacts with an insulating layer by heat treatment to produce a reaction product being an insulator.

2. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein

a section width of a bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is different from that of the wiring layer bonding film.

3. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 2 ,

wherein

the section width of the bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is shorter than that of the wiring layer bonding film.

4. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein

a section width of a bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is equal to that of the wiring layer bonding film.

5. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein

a thickness of a bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is larger than that of the wiring layer bonding film.

6. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate, which is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate is a laminated structure that includes a metal that reacts with an insulating layer by heat treatment to produce a reaction product being an insulator.

7. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate, which is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate, and the wiring layer bonding film are laminated structures that each include one of tantalum and titanium.

8. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the pixel includes a memory unit configured to temporarily hold charges stored in an exposure time period until the charges are read, the exposure time period being common to all pixels.

9. The solid-state image sensor according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the image sensor is a front-surface irradiation image sensor in which light is incident from a side of a surface of the semiconductor substrate in which the wiring layer and the photoelectric conversion layer are formed.

10. A method of producing a solid-state image sensor, comprising:

forming a wiring layer constituting a pixel circuit on a semiconductor substrate;

forming a photoelectric conversion layer and a wiring layer bonding film on a supporting substrate, wherein the supporting substrate is different from the semiconductor substrate on which the wiring layer is formed;

boding the wiring layer bonding film and the wiring layer together;

removing the supporting substrate;

removing the photoelectric conversion layer and the wiring layer bonding film on a pixel boundary portion after bonding the wiring layer bonding film and the wiring layer together; and

embedding a light blocking material into the pixel boundary portion from which the photoelectric conversion layer and the wiring layer bonding film are removed.

11. An electronic apparatus, comprising

a solid-state image sensor including a pixel formed, upon forming a structure where a photoelectric conversion layer is laminated on a wiring layer constituting a pixel circuit, by forming at least the photoelectric conversion layer and a wiring layer bonding film on a different substrate from a semiconductor substrate in which the wiring layer is formed, and by bonding the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate and the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate together,

wherein

the photoelectric conversion layer and the wiring layer bonding film are separated from each other for each pixel by removing the photoelectric conversion layer and the wiring layer bonding film on a pixel boundary portion after the bonding.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the pixel boundary portion that separates the photoelectric conversion layer and the wiring layer bonding film from each other for each pixel includes a light blocking material embedded therein.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a material of the wiring layer is copper and also a material of the wiring layer bonding film is copper.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a section width of a bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is different from that of the wiring layer bonding film.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the section width of the bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is shorter than that of the wiring layer bonding film.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a section width of a bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is equal to that of the wiring layer bonding film.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a thickness of a bonding surface of the wiring layer that is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film is larger than that of the wiring layer bonding film.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the wiring layer bonding film is a laminated structure that includes a metal that reacts with an insulating layer by heat treatment to produce a reaction product being an insulator.

19. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate, which is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate is a laminated structure that includes a metal that reacts with an insulating layer by heat treatment to produce a reaction product being an insulator.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate, which is bonded to the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate, and the wiring layer bonding film are laminated structures that each include one of tantalum and titanium.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE INCORRECT APPLICATION NUMBER 14/572221 AND REPLACE IT WITH 14/527221 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040815 FRAME: 0649. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058875/0887 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 039635 FRAME 0495. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040815/0649 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 9, 2016
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039635/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2014
From: MARUYAMA, SHUNSUKE
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034638/0901 →