IP Library Granted Patent US 8,421,136
Granted Patent B2
US 8,421,136 · App. 12/511,253 · Granted Apr 16, 2013

Semiconductor device and fabrication process thereof

Inventors: Kenichirou Sugio (Miyazaki, JP); Kenichirou Tanaka (Miyazaki, JP)
Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,421,136
App. No.
12/511,253
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device that includes a circuit portion, a first light-shielding film and plural second light-shielding films. In the circuit portion, a plurality of wiring layers that include circuit elements are laminated. The first light-shielding film covers an uppermost layer of the wiring layers and light-shields light that is illuminated at the circuit portion. The second light-shielding films are covered by the first light shielding film and formed so as to respectively encircle the wiring layers in ring forms. Outer peripheries of the plural second light-shielding films are formed to be successively smaller from an upper to a lower layer, so as to be at the inner side relative to the outer periphery of the second light-shielding film of the upper layer.

Claims (10)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a circuit portion in which a plurality of wiring layers that include circuit elements are laminated;

a first light-shielding film that covers an uppermost layer of the wiring layers and light-shields light that is illuminated at the circuit portion; and

a plurality of second light-shielding films that are covered by the first light-shielding film and formed so as to respectively encircle the wiring layers in ring forms,

wherein outer peripheries of the plurality of second light-shielding films are formed to be successively smaller from an upper layer to a lower layer, so that an outer periphery of each second light-shielding film is at an inner side relative to an outer periphery of a second light-shielding film disposed at an upper layer side thereof; and wherein outer edge portions of the first light-shielding film and the second light-shielding films are curved downward.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein slits are formed in the outer edge portions of the first light-shielding film and the second light-shielding films.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring layers are respectively insulated therebetween by insulation films.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor portion that is formed in a vicinity of the circuit portion and receives the light.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-shielding film and the second light-shielding films are formed from metal.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the sensor portion is an ultraviolet sensor that receives ultraviolet radiation, converts the ultraviolet radiation to electronic signals, and outputs the electronic signals to the circuit portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
To: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032495/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2009
From: SUGIO, KENICHIROU; TANAKA, KENICHIROU
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023279/0092 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-209661 · Aug 18, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100038739A1 · Feb 18, 2010