IP Library Granted Patent US 9,419,040
Granted Patent B2
US 9,419,040 · App. 14/604,273 · Granted Aug 16, 2016

Image pickup apparatus, semiconductor device, and electronic device including a buried portion disposed adjacent to a bonding portion, and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,419,040
App. No.
14/604,273
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a solid state image pickup apparatus including a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate which are bonded to each other, and a buried portion formed in a peripheral portion of the apparatus with a depth of a bonded surface of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate in such a manner that the bonded surface of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate is not exposed.

Claims (42)

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a first semiconductor substrate;

a second semiconductor substrate bonded to the first semiconductor substrate;

a buried portion formed in a peripheral portion of the apparatus;

a first interlayer insulating film; and

a second interlayer insulating film,

wherein,

the buried portion is adjacent to and contacts a first insulating film of the first semiconductor substrate, a second insulating film of the second semiconductor substrate, and a side surface of a bonded portion between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate,

the buried portion contacts a side surface of the first interlayer insulating film and a side surface of the second interlayer insulating film, and

the first insulating film of the first semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film of the second semiconductor substrate are disposed between the first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the buried portion is a material having a Young's modulus of 2.9 Gpa or more.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the buried portion is a material having hygroscopicity of 0.24% or less.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the buried portion is benzocyclobutene.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the bonded portion of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate is where the first insulating film formed on the first semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film formed on the second semiconductor substrate are bonded to each other.

6. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor substrate;

a second semiconductor substrate bonded to the first semiconductor substrate;

a buried portion formed in a peripheral portion of the device;

a first interlayer insulating film; and

a second interlayer insulating film,

wherein,

the buried portion is adjacent to and contacts a first insulating film of the first semiconductor substrate, a second insulating film of the second semiconductor substrate, and a side surface of a bonded portion between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate,

the buried portion contacts a side surface of the first interlayer insulating film and a side surface of the second interlayer insulating film, and

the first insulating film of the first semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film of the second semiconductor substrate are disposed between the first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film.

7. An electronic device comprising:

an image pickup apparatus including:

a first semiconductor substrate,

a second semiconductor substrate bonded to the first semiconductor substrate;

a buried portion formed in a peripheral portion of the apparatus;

a first interlayer insulating film; and

a second interlayer insulating film,

wherein,

the buried portion is adjacent to and contacts a side surface of a bonded portion between the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate,

the buried portion contacts a side surface of the first interlayer insulating film and a side surface of the second interlayer insulating film, and

the first insulating film of the first semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film of the second semiconductor substrate are disposed between the first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film.

8. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , further including a multilayer wiring layer, wherein the buried portion contacts the multilayer wiring layer.

9. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 8 , further including a second multilayer wiring layer, wherein the buried portion contacts the second multilayer wiring layer.

10. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the bonded portion is between the multilayer wiring layer and the second multilayer wiring layer.

11. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the buried portion contacts a surface of the first insulating film of the first semiconductor substrate that is perpendicular to a depth direction of the first semiconductor substrate.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein a material of the buried portion is a material having a Young's modulus of 2.9 Gpa or more.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein a material of the buried portion is a material having hygroscopicity of 0.24% or less.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the bonded portion of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate is where the first insulating film formed on the first semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film formed on the second semiconductor substrate are bonded to each other.

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 Jan 23, 2015
From: NOJIMA, KENTA; KOTOO, KENGO; YOSHIOKA, HIROTAKA; IKEDA, KENTA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034807/0464 →