IP Library Granted Patent US 9,431,448
Granted Patent B2
US 9,431,448 · App. 14/954,493 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Semiconductor device, manufacturing method thereof, solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus

Inventor: Masaki Okamoto (Kumamoto, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H01L27/14636H01L21/76898H01L23/481H01L27/1464H01L27/14634H01L27/14643H01L2224/24145H01L2224/32145H01L2224/9205H01L2224/92244H01L2224/94H01L2225/06544H01L2924/13091H01L2924/1431
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Patent No.
US 9,431,448
App. No.
14/954,493
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes bonding a first semiconductor wafer including a first substrate and a first insulating layer formed to contact one surface of the first substrate, and a second semiconductor wafer including a second substrate and a second insulating layer, forming a third insulating layer, performing etching so that the second insulating layer remains on a second wiring layer, forming a first connection hole, forming an insulating film on the first connection hole, performing etching of the second insulating layer and the insulating film, forming a second connection hole, and forming a first via formed in inner portions of the connection holes and connected to the second wiring layer, wherein a diameter of the first connection hole formed on the other surface of the first substrate is greater than a diameter of the first connection hole formed on the third insulating layer.

Claims (47)

1. An imaging device comprising:

a first wafer including a pixel array having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a first wiring layer;

a second wafer including a second wiring layer;

a third wafer including a third wiring layer;

a first connection layer disposed between the first wafer and the second wafer;

a second connection layer disposed between the second wafer and third wafer;

a first via extending from the first wafer to the second wafer and penetrating the first connection layer;

a second via disposed in the second wafer;

a third via extending from the second wafer to the third wafer and penetrating the second connection layer; and

a connecting portion disposed in the second wafer,

wherein,

the first via includes a first point in the second wafer connected to a first region of the connecting portion,

the second via includes second and third points, the second point connected to a second region of the connecting portion and the third point connected to a wiring in the second wiring layer, and

the third via includes a fourth point in the second wafer and a fifth point in the third wafer, the fourth point connected to a third region of the connecting portion and the fifth point connected to a wiring in the third wiring layer.

2. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first via is electrically connected to a wiring in the first wiring layer.

3. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the first wafer includes a first substrate and a first insulating layer and the first wiring layer is within the first insulating layer.

4. The imaging device of claim 3 , wherein the second wafer includes a second substrate and a second insulating layer and the second wiring layer is within the second insulating layer.

5. The imaging device of claim 4 , further including a third insulating layer disposed between the first connection layer and the second substrate.

6. The imaging device of claim 4 , wherein the third wafer includes a third substrate and a third insulating layer and the third wiring layer is within the third insulating layer.

7. The imaging device of claim 1 , further including a fourth via extending from the first wafer to the second wafer and penetrating the second connection layer, wherein the fourth via is electrically connected to a wiring in the first wiring layer and a second wiring in the second wiring layer.

8. The imaging device of claim 7 , wherein the first via is electrically connected to a second wiring in the first wiring layer.

9. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein a logic circuit is formed in the third wafer.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an imaging device;

an optical system which introduces incident light to a photodiode of the imaging device; and

a signal processing circuit which processes an output signal of the imaging device, the imaging device including:

a first wafer including a pixel array having a plurality of photodiodes and a first wiring layer;

a second wafer including a second wiring layer;

a third wafer including a third wiring layer;

a first connection layer disposed between the first wafer and the second wafer;

a second connection layer disposed between the second wafer and third wafer;

a first via extending from the first wafer to the second wafer and penetrating the first connection layer;

a second via disposed in the second wafer;

a third via extending from the second wafer to the third wafer and penetrating the second connection layer; and

a connecting portion disposed in the second wafer,

wherein,

the first via includes a first point in the second wafer connected to a first region of the connecting portion,

the second via includes second and third points, the second point connected to a second region of the connecting portion and the third point connected to a wiring in the second wiring layer, and

the third via includes a fourth point in the second wafer and a fifth point in the third wafer, the fourth point connected to a third region of the connecting portion and the fifth point connected to a wiring in the third wiring layer.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first via is electrically connected to a wiring in the first wiring layer.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first wafer includes a first substrate and a first insulating layer and the first wiring layer is within the first insulating layer.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second wafer includes a second substrate and a second insulating layer and the second wiring layer is within the second insulating layer.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , further including a third insulating layer disposed between the first connection layer and the second substrate.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the third wafer includes a third substrate and a third insulating layer and the third wiring layer is within the third insulating layer.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , further including a fourth via extending from the first wafer to the second wafer and penetrating the second connection layer, wherein the fourth via is electrically connected to a first wiring in the first wiring layer and a second wiring in the second wiring layer.

17. The electronic apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first via is electrically connected to a second wiring in the first wiring layer.

18. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a logic circuit is formed in the third wafer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2020
From: OKAMOTO, MASAKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052646/0405 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-093035 · Apr 19, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13444050 · Apr 11, 2012
Related Publication 20160086997A1 · Mar 24, 2016