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US 10,879,280 · App. 16/486,649 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Solid-state imaging device and method of manufacturing solid-state imaging device

Inventors: Ryoto Yoshita (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Machida (Tokyo, JP); Yoshimichi Kumagai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H01L27/14603H01L27/14614H01L27/14623H01L27/14685
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Patent No.
US 10,879,280
App. No.
16/486,649
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a light incident surface; a photoelectric converter for each of the pixels; a charge accumulation section for each of the pixels; a first transfer transistor; a wiring layer on side opposite to the light incident surface; a first vertical electrode and a second vertical electrode extending from the surface opposite to the light incident surface to the photoelectric converter; a first light-blocking film in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate on at least a portion of a periphery of the photoelectric converter; and a second light-blocking film in a surface direction of the semiconductor substrate between the photoelectric converter and the charge accumulation section. The first vertical electrode and the second vertical electrode are disposed adjacently with a distance therebetween, and the distance is a half or less of a length of one side of the pixel.

Claims (47)

1. A solid-state imaging device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a light incident surface;

a photoelectric converter provided for each of a plurality of pixels on a side of the light incident surface in the semiconductor substrate;

a charge accumulation section provided for each of the pixels on a side closer to a side opposite to the light incident surface than the photoelectric converter in the semiconductor substrate;

a first transfer transistor that transfers a signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric converter to the charge accumulation section;

a wiring layer provided on a surface on the side opposite to the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a first vertical electrode and a second vertical electrode extending from the surface on the side opposite to the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate to the photoelectric converter;

a first light-blocking film provided in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate on at least a portion of a periphery of the photoelectric converter; and

a second light-blocking film provided in a surface direction of the semiconductor substrate between the photoelectric converter and the charge accumulation section,

the first vertical electrode and the second vertical electrode being disposed adjacently with a distance therebetween, the distance being a half or less of a length of one side of any of the pixels.

2. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first vertical electrode and the second vertical electrode are provided in a same pixel.

3. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first vertical electrode and the second vertical electrode are provided in mutually different pixels.

4. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second transfer transistor; and

a charge-voltage converter to which the signal charge is transferred from the charge accumulation section by the second transfer transistor.

5. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-blocking film surrounds the photoelectric converter.

6. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-blocking film is provided also on a periphery of the charge accumulation section.

7. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first vertical electrode and the second vertical electrode are provided in an opening of the second light-blocking film.

8. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image plane phase detection pixel using the second light-blocking film.

9. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter on side of an incident surface of the semiconductor substrate.

10. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first vertical electrode serves as a gate electrode of the first transfer transistor,

the second vertical electrode serves as a gate electrode of a discharging transistor that discharges an unnecessary charge accumulated in the photoelectric converter.

11. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein both the first vertical electrode and the second vertical electrode serve as gate electrodes of the first transfer transistor.

12. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 4 , further comprising a reset transistor that resets a potential of the charge-voltage converter.

13. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 4 , further comprising an amplification transistor that outputs a signal corresponding to magnitude of a potential of the charge-voltage converter.

14. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 13 , further comprising a select transistor that controls an output of the amplification transistor.

15. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 7 , further comprising, in the opening of the second light-blocking film, an embedded material having a refractive index different from a refractive index of a constituent material of the second light-blocking film.

16. A method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device, the method comprising:

forming a photoelectric converter for each of a plurality of pixels on a side of a light incident surface in a semiconductor substrate;

forming a charge accumulation section for each of the pixels on a side closer to a side opposite to the light incident surface than the photoelectric converter in the semiconductor substrate;

forming a wiring layer on a surface on the side opposite to the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a vertical electrode extending from the surface on the side opposite to the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate to the photoelectric converter;

forming a first light-blocking film in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate on at least a portion of a periphery of the photoelectric converter; and

forming a second light-blocking film along a surface direction of the semiconductor substrate between the photoelectric converter and the charge accumulation section,

the second light-blocking film being formed through forming a first portion and a second portion of the second light-blocking film in a stepwise manner.

17. The method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device according to claim 16 , wherein the second light-blocking film is formed through forming a first cavity for formation of the first portion on a periphery of the vertical electrode and filling the first cavity with a light-blocking material, and thereafter forming a second cavity for formation of the second portion and filling the second cavity with the light-blocking material.

18. The method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device according to claim 17 , wherein the first light-blocking film is provided in a first slit coupled to the first portion and a second slit coupled to the second portion.

19. The method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device according to claim 18 , wherein the first light-blocking film and the second light-blocking film are formed through forming the first slit and the first cavity and filling the first slit and the first cavity with the light-blocking material, and thereafter forming the second slit and the second cavity and filling the second slit and the second cavity with the light-blocking material.

20. A solid-state imaging device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a light incident surface;

a photoelectric converter provided for each of a plurality of pixels on a side of the light incident surface in the semiconductor substrate;

a charge accumulation section provided for each of the pixels on a side closer to a side opposite to the light incident surface than the photoelectric converter in the semiconductor substrate;

a wiring layer provided on a surface on the side opposite to the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a vertical electrode extending from the surface on the side opposite to the light incident surface of the semiconductor substrate to the photoelectric converter;

a first light-blocking film provided in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate on at least a portion of a periphery of the photoelectric converter; and

a second light-blocking film provided in a surface direction of the semiconductor substrate between the photoelectric converter and the charge accumulation section and including a first portion and a second portion that are continuously provided,

a level difference being provided between the first portion and the second portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2019
From: YOSHITA, RYOTO; MACHIDA, TAKASHI; KUMAGAI, YOSHIMICHI
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050078/0606 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-041964 · Mar 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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