IP Library Granted Patent US 11,251,212
Granted Patent B2
US 11,251,212 · App. 16/688,534 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic equipment

Inventors: Susumu Hiyama (Kumamoto, JP); Kazufumi Watanabe (Kumamoto, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H01L27/1462H01L27/1463H01L27/1464H01L27/14612H01L27/14621H01L27/14623H01L27/14627H01L27/14629H01L27/14636H01L27/14643
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Patent No.
US 11,251,212
App. No.
16/688,534
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid state imaging device including a semiconductor layer comprising a plurality of photodiodes, a first antireflection film located over a first surface of the semiconductor layer, a second antireflection film located over the first antireflection film, a light shielding layer having side surfaces which are adjacent to at least one of first and the second antireflection film.

Claims (38)

1. An imaging device, comprising:

a first photoelectric conversion element;

a second photoelectric conversion element adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion element;

a third photoelectric conversion element adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion element;

a first groove portion provided between the first photoelectric conversion element and the second photoelectric conversion element;

a second groove portion provided between the first photoelectric conversion element and the third photoelectric conversion element;

a first film disposed, at least in part, in the first groove portion and the second groove portion;

a second film extending from a light-incident side of the second photoelectric conversion element to a light-incident side of the third photoelectric conversion element, wherein the second film has a surface closer to the light-incident side of the imaging device than the first film;

a first light-shielding portion disposed corresponding to the first groove portion; and

a second light-shielding portion disposed corresponding to the second groove portion,

wherein the first film and the second film are in continuous physical contact between the first groove portion and the second groove portion.

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

a pixel separation portion disposed in a semiconductor substrate that includes a first pixel separation portion and a second pixel separation portion, wherein the first pixel separation portion includes the first groove portion and the second pixel separation portion includes the second groove portion.

3. The imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the semiconductor substrate is 10-20 μm.

4. The imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein the

first light-shielding portion is disposed corresponding to the first pixel separation portion and the second light-shielding portion is disposed corresponding to the second pixel separation portion.

5. The imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein the first light-shielding portion and the second light-shielding portion are each surrounded by the first film.

6. The imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein a thickness of the light shielding-portion is 100-400 μm.

7. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a wiring layer disposed at an opposite side of a semiconductor substrate to a light-incident side of the semiconductor substrate.

8. The imaging device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a second substrate bonded to the wiring layer.

9. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a planarization film disposed at a light-incident side of a semiconductor substrate.

10. The imaging device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a color filter disposed over the planarization film including: a first color filter, a second color filter disposed adjacent to the first color filter, and a third color filter disposed adjacent to the first color filter.

11. The imaging device according to claim 10 , wherein the first groove portion

is disposed at a boundary of the first color filter and the second color filter, and the second groove portion is disposed at a boundary of the first color filter and the third color filter.

12. The imaging device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a micro lens disposed over the color filter.

13. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the second film includes a hafnium oxide material or an aluminum oxide material.

14. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second film is 1-20 nm.

15. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third film disposed on the second film.

16. The imaging device according to claim 15 ,

wherein a total thickness of the second film and the third film is 40-80 nm.

17. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first film is an antireflection film, and wherein the second film is an antireflection film.

18. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first film and the first light-shielding portion and the first film and the second light-shielding portion form a flat surface between the first groove portion and the second groove portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: HIYAMA, SUSUMU; WATANABE, KAZUFUMI
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-082488 · Mar 31, 2010 · national
Continuity (8)
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