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Granted Patent B2
US 8,871,557 · App. 13/601,948 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Photomultiplier and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Joon Sung Lee (Daejeon, KR); Yong Sun Yoon (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H01L31/107
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Patent No.
US 8,871,557
App. No.
13/601,948
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a photomultiplier and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method thereof may include forming a mask layer on an active region of a substrate doped with a first conductive type, ion implanting a second conductive type impurity opposite to the first conductive type into the substrate to form a first doped region in the active region under the mask layer and an non-active region exposed from the mask layer, forming a device isolation layer on the non-active region, removing the mask layer, and ion implanting the second conductive type impurity having a concentration higher than that of the first doped region into an upper portion of the first doped region in the active region to form a second doped region shallower than the first doped region.

Claims (19)

1. A method of manufacturing a photomultiplier, the method comprising:

forming a mask layer on an active region of a substrate doped with a first conductive type;

ion implanting a second conductive type impurity opposite to the first conductive type into the substrate to form a first doped region in the active region under the mask layer and an non-active region exposed from the mask layer;

forming a device isolation layer on the non-active region;

removing the mask layer; and

ion implanting the second conductive type impurity having a concentration higher than that of the first doped region into an upper portion of the first doped region in the active region to form a second doped region shallower than the first doped region.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first doped region is formed by a counter ion implantation process.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the counter ion implantation process comprises a multiple ion implantation method.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second doped region is formed by a self-aligned ion implantation process or self-aligned diffusion process of the device isolation layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device isolation layer comprises a silicon oxide layer formed by a LOCOS (local oxidation of silicon) method.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mask layer comprises a silicon nitride layer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the silicon nitride layer is removed by a phosphoric acid, a hydrofluoric acid, or a bromic acid.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a first interlayer dielectric on the second doped region and the device isolation layer;

forming a quench resistor on the first interlayer dielectric in the non-active region;

forming a second interlayer dielectric on the first interlayer dielectric and the quench resistor;

removing a portion of the second interlayer dielectric on the quench resistor and each portion of the first and second interlayer dielectrics on the second doped region to form contact holes;

forming a first interconnection line on the second interlayer dielectric in the non-active region and a second interconnection line connecting the second doped region and the quench resistors through the contact holes; and

forming a bottom electrode on a bottom of the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2012
From: LEE, JOON SUNG; YOON, YONG SUN
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 028909/0669 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2011-0089023 · Sep 2, 2011 · national
KR 10-2012-0026726 · Mar 15, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130056843A1 · Mar 7, 2013