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Granted Patent B2
US 9,691,804 · App. 14/689,838 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Image sensing device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Chih-Chang Huang (Chiayi, TW); Chi-Ming Lu (Kaohsiung, TW); Jian-Ming Chen (Chiayi, TW); Jung-Chih Tsao (Tainan, TW); Yao-Hsiang Liang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
H01L27/14636H01L27/1463H01L27/1464H01L27/14612H01L27/14621H01L27/14623H01L27/14625H01L27/14627H01L27/14689H01L27/14698
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Patent No.
US 9,691,804
App. No.
14/689,838
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor. The back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor includes a semiconductive substrate and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a front side of the semiconductive substrate. The ILD layer includes a dielectric layer over the semiconductive substrate and a contact partially buried inside the semiconductive substrate. The contact includes a silicide layer including a predetermined thickness proximately in a range from about 600 angstroms to about 1200 angstroms.

Claims (33)

1. A back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor, comprising:

a semiconductive substrate; and

an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a front side of the semiconductive substrate, and the ILD layer comprising:

a contact partially buried inside the semiconductive substrate, and the contact comprising:

a silicide layer comprising a lattice structure, and the lattice structure comprising a {220} plane configured to be measured with peaks on an X-ray diffraction pattern of the lattice structure.

2. The BSI image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductive substrate comprises a non-silicide portion.

3. The BSI image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the contact comprises a barrier layer lined conformally on top of the silicide layer.

4. The BSI image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the silicide layer is a salicide layer comprising a titanium element.

5. The BSI image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the lattice structure further comprises a {311} plane configured to be measured with peaks on the X-ray diffraction pattern of the lattice structure.

6. The BSI image sensor of claim 1 , wherein the silicide layer comprises a bottom surface substantially flat in contact with the semiconductive substrate.

7. A back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor, comprising:

a semiconductive substrate comprising a silicon portion; and

an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a front side of the semiconductive substrate, and the ILD layer comprising:

a dielectric layer on the front side; and

a contact plug surrounded by the dielectric layer and partially buried inside the silicon portion, and the contact plug comprising:

a salicide layer comprising a lattice structure, and the lattice structure comprising a {220} plane or a {311} plane configured to be measured with peaks on an X-ray diffraction pattern of the lattice structure.

8. The BSI image sensor of claim 7 , wherein the silicon portion comprises a material void of metal or dopant.

9. The BSI image sensor of claim 7 , wherein the lattice structure comprises a {040} plane or a {022} plane configured to be measured with peaks on the X-ray diffraction pattern of the lattice structure.

10. The BSI image sensor of claim 7 , wherein the contact comprises a barrier layer and a conductive plug over the salicide layer.

11. The BSI image sensor of claim 7 , wherein the salicide layer is partially below the front side of the semiconductive substrate such that a first portion below the front side is larger than a second portion above the front side.

12. The BSI image sensor of claim 7 , wherein the salicide layer comprises a bottom surface and a top surface, and the bottom surface being substantially parallel with the top surface and the front side.

13. The BSI image sensor of claim 7 , wherein the salicide layer comprises a titanium element.

14. A back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor, comprising:

a semiconductive substrate; and

an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer at a front side of the semiconductive substrate, and the ILD layer comprising:

a contact partially buried inside the semiconductive substrate, and the contact comprising:

a silicide layer comprising a lattice structure, and the lattice structure comprising a {311} plane configured to be measured with a peak on an X-ray diffraction pattern of the lattice structure.

15. The BSI image sensor of claim 14 , wherein the silicide layer comprises a lateral portion and a lower portion.

16. The BSI image sensor of claim 14 , wherein the contact comprises a barrier layer between the silicide layer and a conductive material inside the contact.

17. The BSI image sensor of claim 16 , wherein the barrier layer is a thin film such that an area of a bottom side of the conductive material is the same as an area of a bottom side of the barrier layer.

18. The BSI image sensor of claim 16 , wherein the conductive material is partially surrounded by the barrier layer at a bottom side and at a lateral side.

19. The BSI image sensor of claim 16 , wherein the conductive material is in contact with an interconnection at a top of the conductive material.

20. The BSI image sensor of claim 14 , wherein the lattice structure further comprises {220} plane configured to be measured with a peak having an intensity higher than the peak corresponding to the {311} plane on the X-ray diffraction pattern of the lattice structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2015
From: HUANG, CHIH-CHANG; LU, CHI-MING; CHEN, JIAN-MING; TSAO, JUNG-CHIH; LIANG, YAO-HSIANG
To: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
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